Both the of Houses Parliament will continue discussion on the statement of sports minister Ajay Maken on Commonwealth Games beside taking up other business . Ruling Congress party on Monday questioned whether Comptroller and Auditor General, CAG has the mandate to comment on the appointments and the policy of the government.Opposition on the other hand held UPA government responsible for the appointment of Suresh Kalmadi as Chief of the Organizing Committee of the CWG 2010. Strongly refuting the opposition charge in the Lok Sabha, Manish Tiwari of Congress made a case that the CAG has the mandate only to scrutinize the financial expenditure of the government.Initiating the debate, Mr. Basudeb Acharia of CPIM alleged that the Prime Minister's office was responsible for the appointment of Kalmadi and the UPA Chairperson was aware of it. Pointing out huge spending on the Organization of games, he called for resignation of Delhi Chief Minister.Initiating the debate in the Rajya Sabha, leader of Opposition, Arun Jaitley traced the sequence of events leading to the appointment of OC Chairman. Mr. Jaitley alleged that the leaked CWG report pointed fingers towards Prime Minister's office and the Prime Minister for Kalmadi's appointment during 2003-2004 when there was change in government at the centre.Mr. Jaitley said, that three former Sports Ministers Sunil Dutt, Mani Shankar Aiyer and M.S. Gill had objected to Kalmadi being made the Organizing committee chairman. Mr. Jaitley asserted that the present Rajya Sabha members and former Sports Ministers Mani Shankar Aiyer and M.S. Gill had noted their adverse remarks.CPIM's Prasanta Chatterjee demanded resignation of Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit and sought clarifications from the Prime Minister.
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‘Parliament to resume discussion on Maken's statement