NEW DELHI, Oct 15 � Now that the Commonwealth Games are over, demands for probing corruption behind it mounted today and government auditor CAG stepped into the picture while Suresh Kalmadi was kept out of Prime Minister�s meeting with medal winners.
Opposition BJP, which had held its fire once the 12-day event started, said it will pursue its demand for investigation into corruption charges reflecting the �mood of the people�.
Congress, on its part, said any misappropriation and wrongful spending need to be probed and people found responsible should be brought to book.
Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, already the butt of attack from various quarters over delays and charges of corruption ranging from favouritism in award of contracts to expensive hiring of training equipment, had the ignominy of being ignored for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh�s reception to the medal winning sportsmen.
Sports Minister MS Gill was seen on the lawns of the Race Course Residence of the Prime Minister when he met the performers this evening. PMO sources said Kalmadi was not invited. Neither were any of the OC officials.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) today resumed assessment of various projects related to the mega sporting event. It sent its inspection officials to the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) office inside the SP Mukherjee Stadium, one of the event venues.
�Now that the athletes have vacated the venues, we will gradually start sending our inspection officers to all the stadia,� said an official with the audit watchdog.
The CAG had begun assessing the Games� expenditure in August but had to stop the audit related work in the last week of September as they could not access CPWD premises inside various stadia.
The government auditor expects to submit the final report to the government by January-end to be presented into the Budget session of Parliament in February.
In August, an inspection report of the CAG was critical of the CWG OC over appointment of two consultants for broadcast rights and sponsorship agreements.
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) had also done some preliminary inquiry into various works relating to the games stadia and found alleged financial irregularities. It has asked civic and construction agencies like MCD, NDMC and DDA to clarify and sent action-taken report on its findings.
Congress sources said various parliamentary committees, like the Estimates and Public Accounts Committee, could go into the spendings to find if there were any wrong doings.
Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit, who has received kudos for the last-minute salvaging operations before the event started, said whatever has gone wrong will be answerable appropriately.
�If there is any doubt� over any spendings, agencies like the CAG, CVC and CBI will look into them. It is normal. The Prime Minister has made it very very clear,� she said.
Also she said it was a collective effort to have got the event completed successfully and no individual could claim credit.
NEW DELHI, Oct 15 � Now that the Commonwealth Games are over, demands for probing corruption behind it mounted today and government auditor CAG stepped into the picture while Suresh Kalmadi was kept out of Prime Minister�s meeting with medal winners.
Opposition BJP, which had held its fire once the 12-day event started, said it will pursue its demand for investigation into corruption charges reflecting the �mood of the people�.
Congress, on its part, said any misappropriation and wrongful spending need to be probed and people found responsible should be brought to book.
Games Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi, already the butt of attack from various quarters over delays and charges of corruption ranging from favouritism in award of contracts to expensive hiring of training equipment, had the ignominy of being ignored for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh�s reception to the medal winning sportsmen.
Sports Minister MS Gill was seen on the lawns of the Race Course Residence of the Prime Minister when he met the performers this evening. PMO sources said Kalmadi was not invited. Neither were any of the OC officials.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) today resumed assessment of various projects related to the mega sporting event. It sent its inspection officials to the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) office inside the SP Mukherjee Stadium, one of the event venues.
�Now that the athletes have vacated the venues, we will gradually start sending our inspection officers to all the stadia,� said an official with the audit watchdog.
The CAG had begun assessing the Games� expenditure in August but had to stop the audit related work in the last week of September as they could not access CPWD premises inside various stadia.
The government auditor expects to submit the final report to the government by January-end to be presented into the Budget session of Parliament in February.
In August, an inspection report of the CAG was critical of the CWG OC over appointment of two consultants for broadcast rights and sponsorship agreements.
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) had also done some preliminary inquiry into various works relating to the games stadia and found alleged financial irregularities. It has asked civic and construction agencies like MCD, NDMC and DDA to clarify and sent action-taken report on its findings.
Congress sources said various parliamentary committees, like the Estimates and Public Accounts Committee, could go into the spendings to find if there were any wrong doings.
Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit, who has received kudos for the last-minute salvaging operations before the event started, said whatever has gone wrong will be answerable appropriately.
�If there is any doubt� over any spendings, agencies like the CAG, CVC and CBI will look into them. It is normal. The Prime Minister has made it very very clear,� she said.
Also she said it was a collective effort to have got the event completed successfully and no individual could claim credit.
