Suresh Kalmadi to hand over charge of OC CWG Chairman

My sacking is illegal, says Suresh Kalmadi
A defiant Suresh Kalmadi has come to say that his ouster as Commonwealth Games (CWG) organising committee (OC) chairman is illegal and uncalled for.He further said that the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) had nominated him as the OC chairman and only IOA has the right to remove him. "I will hand over charge to CEO under protest," said Kalmadi.

(PTI) Embattled Suresh Kalmadi today hit back at the Sports Minister, terming his sacking from the chairmanship of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee as "illegal and uncalled for."

A day after he was sacked as CWG OC chairman by the new Sports Minister Ajay Maken, Kalmadi remained defiant and said that only the Indian Olympic Association, which has appointed him to the post, has the power to remove him.

He said that he would hand over the charge of OC chairman to the Chief Executive Jarnail Singh as has been told to do by the Sports Minister under protest.

"I am shocked to receive Order dated 24th January 2011, illegally and arbitrarily removing me from the position of Chairman of the Executive Board and the Organizing Committee of the Commonwealth Games," Kalmadi wrote in a letter to Maken.