Fri, Oct 01 10 10:26 AM
Wellington, Oct 1 (PTI) Commonwealth Games Federation CEO Mike Hooper should share the blame for the messy build up to the October 3-14 mega-event in Delhi, feels New Zealand Sports Minister Murray McCully. McCully said Hooper and the CWF will have a lot to answer for after the Games are over in Delhi. "We should be careful about simply asserting that Indian officials carry all the responsibility," Mr McCully was quoted as saying in the website ''stuff.co.nz''. "He''s been based there to oversee those arrangements. I certainly think there''s going to be a sharing of responsibility, but this is not the time. Let''s let them do their jobs and leave the serious questions for afterwards. But they should be asked," he added. Hooper has been in the eye of a storm after his disparaging remarks about India''s population and for putting the blame on the Indian government for the messy preparation of the Commonwealth Games. Upset at his remark, a coalition of more than 20 groups calling itself the "Anti-Commonwealth Games Front" yesterday protested at the Jantar Mantar and demanded boycott of the October 3-14 event and Queen''s Baton Relay. On Wednesday, activists from the "Rashtrawadi Sena", a hardline Hindu group, burnt the effigy of Hooper outside the OC office and held signs saying "Racist Hooper Go Back", "Shame On Michael Hooper" and "Hooper insulted our nation: Hooper go back".
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