Monday, October 18, 2010

Blame game time. The rats are beginning to fall out. Delhi Chief Minister, Ms Sheila Dikshit says that the Organising Committee, OC is responsible for all the corruption. " The real corruption seems to be with regard to the money given as loans ( to the OC )," said she. Mr. Kalmadi's reply was,'..... she must indulge in self reflection on corruption in her own departments. We ( OC ) don't want to scapegoats any more.' Reviled by the whole country, booed by spectators, loathsome though he may be Kalmadi is right on this one. Several governments such as the PWD, CPWD, DDA and MCD were involved in building the infrastructure where the major chunk of money was spent. The OC had a budget of some Rs. 16 billion wile the Delhi government spent Rs. 160 billion which is ten times as much. The OC had absolutely nothing to do with the building and collapse of the footbridge at Nehru stadium. Similarly the OC was not responsible for a contractor being paid Rs. 2 billion twice for same work at Talkatora stadium. The nation spends a fortune every year on electing and then paying for the extravagance of politicians whose job it is to safeguard public finances by preventing thieves from looting. If Ms Dikshit claims that she has no responsibility then she should not be sitting in her chair any longer. If she denies that it was her duty to oversee what all the various government agencies were doing then why are we spending vast sums of money for her uselessness. Surely she knows that all civil servants are thieves and with a budget that big would be skimming right off the top. She should be careful not to let the stink reach the capo. Then she will really be in trouble.

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