New Delhi: Allegations of corruption in preparations for the Commonwealth Games generated much heat in the Lok Sabha. the lower house, yesterday with a key government ally calling for a statement from the Prime Minister and two opposition parties demanding a parliamentary probe into the issue.
The issue, taken up as a short duration discussion, took up much of the post-lunch session with the opposition going hammer and tongs against the preparations for the October 3-14 event and the government launching a spirited defence through Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy and Manish Tiwari, who is also the Congress spokesperson.
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress, the second largest party in the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA), said it "will be satisfied" if Manmohan Singh makes a statement in the Lok Sabha that "anybody found guilty of Commonwealth Games corruption will not be spared".
Referring to media reports on the allegations of financial irregularities in the organising of the Games, Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay said: "This issue has to be clarified on the floor of the house. All of us are concerned."
