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BJP leaders file complaint against corruption in CWG | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Ramesh Bidhuri
and RP Singh filed a police complaint on Friday alleging corruption in organising the Commonwealth Games. The leaders said that the fraud is 'an economic genocide
of country's wealth', while lodging an FIR at the Parliament Street Police Station
here today. "This is a complaint by two individuals against the Commonwealth Organizing
Committee (CGOC) and its officials. The basic allegations against the officials
and the Organizing Committee are that they have committed fraud and cheating,"
said Ajay Dikpal, a lawyer representing Singh and Bidhuri. "They have embezzled
the funds, which belong to the country and its citizens. This is the basic allegation
and we have pointed out certain facts and circumstances which speak for themselves,"
he added. The BJP leaders said they have lodged their complaints as taxpaying
citizens of the country. "We have come here as common citizens of the country
and as taxpayers. It is our money, which is being embezzled and misused. Therefore
we have asked that this should be thoroughly investigated," said R. P. Singh.
"This is not against just a few people, but all those tenders and unidentified
persons, who might be involved in this fraud should be brought under the purview
of this complaint," he added. Earlier on Tuesday, the BJP leaders staged a walkout
in the Lok Sabha miffed with Union Sports Minister M S Gill's weak defence over
allegations of corruption against the CGOC members, asserting that Gill has insulted
Parliament by suggesting MPs should use RTI to get information about CWG preparation
costs. Following a plea by the Union Sports Ministry, CGOC had earlier terminated
the services of its Joint Director General T S Darbari and Deputy Director General
Sanjay Mohindroo in connection with alleged financial irregularities during the
Queen's Baton Relay Run ceremony in London . The Central Vigilance Commission
had alleged irregularities in several Commonwealth Games related-works being carried
out by civic and construction agencies. |
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