Games over, now time for the Govt. to act
Friday, October 15, 2010 10:28:29 PM,
Aleem Faizee, ummid.com
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Finally, curtains came down on the
Commonwealth Games. It was off to the breathtaking start on October 03
and had an equally impressive closing October 14. Though few weeks
before the Games finally kicked-off were marred by controversies
and allegations, it would be unfair if we do not acknowledge the
unprecedented care the government at the state as well as the
centre had taken to make the Games a great success. The Games would now certainly be
remembered in history for its success, Indian hospitality and of
course for the historic
performances by our own sportspersons and athletics.
At the same time, the Games will
also be remembered for the embarrassing situation, and accusations
of large scale corruption that were making the headlines few weeks
before the Games kicked off. The negligence on the part of the ignorant officials
had certainly put us in such an awkward situation that at one time
we were afraid if we would be able to actually host the Games on
the Indian soil. Had it not been for the timely intervention by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan
Singh and personal monitoring by Union Home Minister P
Chidambaram to finalise the foolproof security arrangements, the
moment of 'National Pride' that we are enjoying now could have
easily been resulted in a 'National
Shame'.
Hence, the success of the
Commonwealth Games and the glowing
tributes we are already receiving from different circles, should
not stop the government from keeping the pledge that it had taken
for taking action against those involved in the corruption
charges, mismanagement and the gross negligence.
While we do the investigations into
the corruption charges, we also need to look into the role played
by those who were making fun of the situation when the entire
country was praying for the success of the Games. These are the
people who leave no opportunity lost to talk of National interests
but have used 'communal riots' and 'bomb blasts' to gain political
mileage and win elections. Far from assisting the government
in improving the situation, they were mocking it. Suggestion to
handover the CWG works to a 'certain
Municipal Corporation' is something that the country has never
seen in its history before. The reports about the steps the
government is taking to look into the corruption charges are
encouraging. Time now is also to discourage such type of politics.
Also, we should make sure that any
probe that we are conducting to look into these matters is not
futile - as we have seen on various occasions in the past.
Corruption is weakening our roots, the fact has been admitted by
the country's top leaderships on various occasions in the past.
And recently by the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh from
different platforms. These admissions without actions have
encouraged those involved in corruption. Giving them any further
chance is deadly beyond imagination.
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