Meghe blames Kalmadi for row

Meghe said he was sorry for what had happened but the entire blame for the unedifying episode lay with Kalmadi.

He asserted that Kalmadi could not deny that he owed his prosperity and political rise to Pawar. But Suresh Kalmadi8217;s vaulting ambitions had made him ungateful. He, however, denied that he had described Kalmadi as a hotel boy. 8220;I had only referred to his smallhotel business in Pune,8221; he said.

Supporters of Pawar have alleged that his follower-turned-foe ensured his election to the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra through money power. Meghe described as incorrect reports that he was planning to sell his medical college at Wardha. He explained that the college was being run by a trust named after his mother. He had inducted a Nagpur businessman in the board of directors to ensure better management of the college and its hospital.