Vijay Kumar Malhotra of BJP has been appointed as President of the Indian Olympic Association on April 26, replacing Suresh Kalmadi, who was arrested by the CBI in connection with the Commonwealth Games. Yesterday Mr. Kalmadi was arrested by CBI and the apex court send him to CBI custody for 8 days. Kalmadi belongs to the Congress Party.
The Commonwealth Games is surrounded by allegations of substantial amount of corruption. The central Vigilance Commission, involved in probing the alleged corruption in various Commonwealth Games-related projects, has found discrepancies in tenders and alleged misappropriation amounting to about Rs 8,000 crore.
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