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As requested (Walk the Talk,IE,October19) here are the details of the National Games held since the year 1994....
As requested (Walk the Talk,IE,October19) here are the details of the National Games held since the year 1994.
1. Pune,1994
2. Bangalore,1997
3. Imphal,1998
4. Chandigarh,2001
5. Hyderabad,2002
6. Guwahati,2007
7. Ranchi,2009 (to be held)
8. Thiruvananthapuram,2010 (to be held)
9. Panaji,2011 (to be held)
As mentioned then the Jharkhand Games have been postponed due to elections. The National Games will be held in Thiruvananthapuram in 2010 and in Goa in 2011.
Suresh Kalmadi,MP
Chairman
OC,CWG 2010,
Dehi
Sports Minister M.S. Gill (Gill on a mission…,IE,October 25) is expected to attend the Queens Baton Relay in London where he may try to address the Hooper-Kalmadi controversy. As an octogenarian citizen of India and a sports lover,I fully endorse Kalmadis brave stand,along with millions of Indians who do not want to compromise national dignity and pride. Nearly a month ago Gill publicly expressed doubts about our preparation to host the international meet without looking at actual ground realities or consulting the Delhi chief minister. Kalmadi,an elected member of the Lok Sabha dedicated to sports management in India,should not succumb to pressure. Let Mike Hooper amend his view and earlier statement.
C.S. Mukherjee Howrah
Shake-up required
This refers to BJP targets PM on spectrum (IE,October 27). The BJP is justified in its objections as the scam is currently undergoing a probe by the CBI. Further there have been allegations that the CBI has worked under the influence of political rulers. The CBI should be given real autonomy for the selection of its chief through consensus between the PM and the Opposition. One can see such a system working well for posts such as the head of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC),National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Central Information Commission (CIC).
Subhash C. Agrawal
Delhi
Clarification
This refers to your Delhi Confidential column (October 26). In an item titled Call for EC Supervised BJP Polls,the inferences drawn are totally misleading. Kindly note that the suggestion made by me is about measures for greater institutionalisation of all the political parties and is in no way specific to the BJP. It is purely academic and through the wider perspective of democratic and political reforms. The subject of my thesis,which earned me a PhD last February,was Political Parties as Victims of Populism and Electoral Compulsions: A Quest for Systemic Solutions. As is very obvious,all the opinions are my own,expressed independently,and not necessarily that of Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini or of the BJP for sure.
Vinay Sahasrabuddhe
By their own token
It is indeed ironic that no rival political party has caused as much damage to the BJP as have its own leaders (Elegy for the BJP,IE,October 25). Following the exit of Vajpayee from politics and consecutive defeats at both parliamentary and assembly levels mediocre,provincial and power-hungry leaders have thrust the BJP into the political wilderness. It is serious political ineptitude,lack of internal democracy and absence of free and open debate that mark the period of Rajnath Singhs leadership of the BJP.
Ved Guliani Hisar
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