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For this, the opposition demanded the resignation of Suresh Kalmadi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_bjp-demands-suresh-kalmadi-s-resignation_1422349 |title=BJP demands Suresh Kalmadi's resignation - India - DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2010-08-12 |accessdate=2010-10-12}}</ref>. It has been alleged that illegitimate wealth created through overreporting of games costs has been parked with the ], through financial involvement of his son, Sumeer Kalmadi, in the F1 circuit project at Greater Noida<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/for-kalmadi-f1-is-family-1st/505516/ |title=For Kalmadi, F1 is Family 1st |publisher=Indianexpress.com |date=2009-08-22 |accessdate=2010-10-12}}</ref>. However, Kalmadi continues to deny corruption charges. <ref>{{cite web|author=Principal Correspondent |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article544484.ece |title=Sport / Other Sports : CWG: OC denies corruption charges |publisher=The Hindu |date=2010-07-31 |accessdate=2010-10-12}}</ref>. For this, the opposition demanded the resignation of Suresh Kalmadi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_bjp-demands-suresh-kalmadi-s-resignation_1422349 |title=BJP demands Suresh Kalmadi's resignation - India - DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2010-08-12 |accessdate=2010-10-12}}</ref>. It has been alleged that illegitimate wealth created through overreporting of games costs has been parked with the ], through financial involvement of his son, Sumeer Kalmadi, in the F1 circuit project at Greater Noida<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/for-kalmadi-f1-is-family-1st/505516/ |title=For Kalmadi, F1 is Family 1st |publisher=Indianexpress.com |date=2009-08-22 |accessdate=2010-10-12}}</ref>. However, Kalmadi continues to deny corruption charges. <ref>{{cite web|author=Principal Correspondent |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article544484.ece |title=Sport / Other Sports : CWG: OC denies corruption charges |publisher=The Hindu |date=2010-07-31 |accessdate=2010-10-12}}</ref>. Many of the accounting records and files for tenders went missing just days before the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. Kalmadi and associates are suspected to be behind the disappearance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/commonwealth-games/top-stories/Tainted-CWG-officials-records-vanish-mysteriously/articleshow/6543263.cms |title=Files Go Missing |publisher=timeofindia.com}}</ref>


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Suresh Kalmadi
Member of the Indian Parliament
for Pune
Incumbent
Assumed office
2004
Preceded byPradeep Rawat
Majority25,747
Personal details
Born (1944-05-01) May 1, 1944 (age 80)
Pune, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Alma materFergusson College, Pune
Websitewww.sureshkalmadi.org

Suresh Kalmadi(born May 1, 1944) is an Indian politician and senior sports administrator. He is a member of the Indian National Congress political party. He is the president of the Indian Olympic Association, Asian Athletics Association, and Athletics Federation of India.

Early Life, Air Force Services

Suresh Kalmadi studied at St. Vincent's High School, Pune in the state of Maharashtra in South West India; and then at Fergusson College, Pune. In 1960, he joined the National Defence Academy, Pune, and in 1964, he joined the Air Force Flying Colleges in Jodhpur and Allahabad. He served the Indian Air Force between 1964 – 1972.

Political career

In 1977, Kalmadi became the president of the Indian Youth Congress, Pune, and then was the president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Youth Congress from 1978-1980. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha for three terms from 1982 to 1995, and again in 1998. He was also elected to the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996, and to the 14th Lok Sabha in 2004. Presently, he is the sitting MP from Pune. During the tenure of P. V. Narasimha Rao as the Prime Minister of India, Suresh Kalmadi served as the Minister of State for Railways from 1995 to 1996.

He is the President of the Indian Olympic Association and Chairman of the Organizing Committee of forthcoming Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi on 3 to 14 October 2010. On October 11, 2008, in Pune, Kalmadi was elected president of the Indian Olympics Association for the fourth time.

Controversies

During the felicitation ceremony that had been arranged to honour the three Indian medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Kalmadi reportedly walked out because he had not been offered a chair next to the Vice-President of India Hamid Ansari. In January 2010, former Indian hockey captain Pargat Singh accused Kalmadi of being a 'sports mafia'.

The conduct of 2010 Commonwealth Games has come under public scanner and legal scrutiny as well with the Chief Vigilance Commission (an apex anti-corruption body of India) asking CBI to probe certain aspects of the games' organization. . For this, the opposition demanded the resignation of Suresh Kalmadi.. It has been alleged that illegitimate wealth created through overreporting of games costs has been parked with the Jaypee Group, through financial involvement of his son, Sumeer Kalmadi, in the F1 circuit project at Greater Noida. However, Kalmadi continues to deny corruption charges. . Many of the accounting records and files for tenders went missing just days before the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. Kalmadi and associates are suspected to be behind the disappearance.

References

  1. "It's "Jai Ho" in Pune for Kalmadi". Sakaal Times. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
  2. "Biography of Suresh Kalmadi in the Lok Sabha website". Archived from the original on 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
  3. "Official website of Suresh Kalmadi". Retrieved 2008-07-27.
  4. Vaid, Amit (2008-10-11). "Indian Olympic Association Re-elects Suresh Kalmadi As President". ABC Live. Retrieved October 14, 2008. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. Vijapurkar, Mahesh (2008-09-05). "This is not on, Mr Suresh Kalmadi". Rediff.com. Retrieved October 14, 2008. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  6. Staff writer. "fullstory". Press trust of India.
  7. Thakur, Pradeep. "14 Commonwealth Games projects under CBI, CVC scanner". Times of India. Retrieved August 03, 2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. "BJP demands Suresh Kalmadi's resignation - India - DNA". Dnaindia.com. 2010-08-12. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
  9. "For Kalmadi, F1 is Family 1st". Indianexpress.com. 2009-08-22. Retrieved 2010-10-12.
  10. Principal Correspondent (2010-07-31). "Sport / Other Sports : CWG: OC denies corruption charges". The Hindu. Retrieved 2010-10-12. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  11. "Files Go Missing". timeofindia.com.

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