I am not sidelined, I won't quit: Kalmadi

New Delhi, Nov 22 (PTI) Facing a credibility crisis and
under pressure to deliver a successful Commonwealth Games next
year, Organising Commitee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi insists that
he was not being sidelined by the Indian government and he
sees no reason to step down from his post.

After his public spat with the Commonwealth Games
Federation Chief Michael Fennell and CEO Mike Hooper, the
Games Organising Committee and the parent body have been on a
collision course on organisational issues for the past few
months.
Kalmadi, however, claims that all the issues have been
sorted out and he enjoys full support of the Indian
government, dismissing suggesstion that he was being sidelined
in the light of some new appointments in the Organising
Committee.
"Let me tell you that the Government is supporting me
fully. All the officers have come at my request and I have
also asked for a lot of people from Army.
"About 50 people are joining from the Army as well and so
we have asked people from Public Sectors, Private sectors and
from the Government as well. They will do the work which they
are supposed to do. So I am happy with them coming here,"
Kalmadi told Karan Thapar in the 'Devil's Advocate' programme
on CNN-IBN Channel. MORE PTI AT
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