Fix accountability

While the BJP's all-out offensive against the Prime Minister's Office for corruption over the 2010 Commonwealth Games might be part of a larger political strategy, there are certain specific charges that the government must answer. Suresh Kalmadi might rightly be in the dock for malfeasance, but he couldn't have had a free rein without the support, tacit or otherwise, of his political bosses. It is fast becoming clear that the system set up to organise the games stymied accountability and diluted oversight.

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