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Kalmadi to face GoM on Commonwealth Games mess

NEW DELHI: The Group of Ministers (GoM), who were empowered to look into the mess preceding the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, is meeting in the capital on Monday for the first time after the mega sporting event came to an end, to take stock of CWG issues currently under probe. Along with other deliberations, it is likely to extend the terms of all officers sent on deputation to the Organising Committee, so that they are available while the probe into the OC's conduct of the Games is on. Urban development minister Jaipal Reddy will chair the meeting, where the beleaguered CWG Organising Committee chief, Suresh Kalmadi, will also be present. Kalmadi is already under pressure after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi cold shouldered him. Ministry sources said the GoM would look into aspects like work allocated to different government agencies, such as the Delhi Development Authority, and where they failed. "The Games have been staged really successfully but all complaints or alleged irregularities regarding transactions by any agencies must be thoroughly looked into," Reddy said. To make matters worse, Kalmadi is now locked in another battle with Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, who has directly put the blame for the CWG mess on Kalmadi. Kalmadi slammed Dikshit saying that her comments were disappointing and uncalled for. He also said that Dikshit must first reflect on corruption within her own government departments before pointing fingers at others.

                                                                                                               
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