'OC won't be a scapegoat

Kalmadi hits back at Sheila Dikshit

Kalmadi hits back at Sheila Dikshit

Open war broke out between leading lights of the Commonwealth Games with Suresh Kalmadi hitting back at Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday, declaring he does not want the Organising Committee, which he chaired, to be the 'scapegoat' any more."

Slamming Dikshit, a beleaguered Kalmadi, said her aspersions on corruption in the OC were "most disappointing and uncalled for" and that she must indulge in self-reflection on corruption in her own departments. In a hard-hitting statement, Kalmadi said that keeping quiet should not be interpreted as a "sign of weakness". "But, on Dussehra day, I owe it to the Organising Committee that we speak out. We don't want to be the scapegoats anymore," he said.

"It is not right to deflect and point fingers at others when she must indulge in self-reflection on corruption in her own departments," Kalmadi said.u00a0 "She has said that the ways of the OC are mysterious whereas the Commonwealth Games chief Mr Michael Fennell declared the conduct of the Games as exceptional and successful," he added.

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