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CWG
Probe: Shunglu meets PM
Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:43:34 PM, IANS
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New Delhi:
Former comptroller and auditor general (CAG) V.K. Shunglu, who is
heading a committee probing alleged financial irregularities in
the just- concluded Commonwealth Games, Saturday met Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh.
"He met the prime minister," said an
official in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) but refused to give
any details.
According to sources, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
T.K.A. Nair and Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar were also
present.
This is the first meeting of Shunglu with the prime minister after
his appointment.
Manmohan Singh had constituted the high-level committee Oct 15 to
probe allegations of corruption surrounding the mega sporting
event, which was from start riddled with controversies.
The committee has been mandated to fix responsibility of the main
actors, political as well as those holding positions in the
Organising Committee, whose failure to discharge key roles
assigned to them almost led to the Games being called off.
The Shunglu inquiry will, however, look to speak to relevant
officials and examine decision-making processes to see whether
allegations that delays were deliberate and if the tendering
processes were faulty. This would establish the culpability for
the mess the Oct 3-14 Games were in before the Congress leadership
stepped in to rescue a swiftly sinking enterprise.
The committee will submit its report to the prime minister within
three months.
Since the committee has come into existence, there have been
Income Tax raids and the Enforcement Directorate also swung into
action by filing cases against the CWG Organising Committee
officials.
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