Ramdev to file case in Commonwealth Games corruption
Pilibhit: Renowned Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Tuesday said that strict action is needed against those who were involved in perpetrating financial irregularities in the projects related to the 19th Commonwealth Games. Ramdev, during his address in
Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh, revealed his plans to file a police case against those
guilty of corruption in the Games. Calling the Commonwealth Games a huge scam,
Ramdev criticized the Congress government and blamed it for the Rs 700 billion
Games fiasco. He said around Rs1 lakh crore was spent on the arrangements of the
games while Rs10,000 crore would have been enough. Plans are afoot to to hush up
the matter, Ramdev alleged. He said that the organising committee chief Suresh
Kalmadi or Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit alone should not be blamed for the
alleged corruption in the Commonwealth Games, "in fact the entire government is
responsible for it". He said, "Yoga too has played an important role in the
performance of our players as most of them are practising it." Ramdev said he would
not contest any polls but was of the view that money and muscle power must be
checked in the elections.
