The CAG report on the Commonwealth Games mess blaming PMO and the Delhi government headed by the Chief Minister Mrs. Sheila Dixit have placed the already troubled UPA government in a tight spot.

The evil spirits of the CWG have come to haunt the Congress led UPA government again. This time they have wrapped the Prime Minister’s Office along with the Delhi government as well for the alleged financial irregularities en route to  organizing the quadrennial XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi last autumn. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) ‘s  report has blamed that the mismanagement began from the Prime Minister’s Office which failed to impose adequate governmental control over the organization of the event as well as the money being spent during the preparations that cost an unnecessary expenditure of the funds from the state coffers.

The CAG has also slammed the OC chief Suresh Kalmadi by stating that the committee had recorded the total committed revenue of only Rs 682 crore against the target revenue of Rs 1780 crore. To add to the woes of the disgraced chief, the CAG found that out of the recorded income only Rs 440 crores was generated. Moreover, the final net revenue turned out to be a mere Rs 174 crores after deduction of the costs for the generation of the revenue. The report has blamed the Delhi government for all the delays, excessive costs as well as the dismal financial accountability in various infrastructure projects related to streetscaping, road signage, and buses as well as the construction of the glossy bus shelters.

The report has come as a sudden blow to the government as it is already placed in a predicament after the embarrassment due to the 2G scam. The government has already on the radar of the Opposition and has found new assailants in the civil society who have repeatedly raised a lot of hue and cry over the alleged corruption in the party. Moreover, the report blaming Delhi CM Sheila Dixit in the reports must have caused a lot of worries in the Congress circles who have drawn a flak due to their leaders being embroiled in numerous scams in the past few months. It would be interesting to see  whether the report does bring any change or will go down in the history books as another shameful chapter in Indian politics.