India bribed 72 nations to get Delhi CWG: Report

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Melbourne: India bribed 72 Commonwealth countries $ 100,000 each to get the hosting rights for the scandal-hit 19th edition of the Games which will start in Delhi from October 3-14, a media report claimed on Thursday.
A report in the 'Daily Telegraph' claimed that Delhi pipped Hamilton in the bid after offering huge sums of money to the 72 Commonwealth countries during the final presentation in Jamaica.
The report also said that Australia received a kickback of $ 125,000 from India.

"Delhi sealed the right to host the Games when their delegates emerged at the final presentation in Jamaica and offered all 72 nations $ 100,000 (then about $ 140,000) each for athlete training schemes if they were the successful bidders," the newspaper reported.
"The money, subsequently paid to all nations, was not significant to Australia because it had already decided to vote for India and the payment was not an exceptionally large one.
"But for small nations who have minimal interest in the Games, it clinched their vote and India went on to beat Canadian city Hamilton 46-22 in the final poll. Hamilton had offered the nations about USD 70,000 each," it said.
The newspaper also claimed that some countries' which had supported Hamilton's bid cried foul after India won the bid.
"Hamilton's bid organisers, and many of the nations who voted for them, fired off angry protests about India buying votes and the bad blood generated between several feuding nations still exists," it said.
"The Commonwealth Games Association has decided to ban 11th-hour inducements as a consequence of the outrage over India's tactics."
Australian Commonwealth Games Association president Sam Coffa also accepted that India offered money to get the Games.
"It (the payment) didn't make any difference to our decision but it is not a good thing," Coffa was quoted as saying by the 'Daily Telegraph'.
"We had a situation where Asia has had the Games only once (Malaysia in 1998) and it was worthwhile going again," he said.
Even though the Delhi Games organisers are battling against time to prepare the city for the mega-event, Coffa was hopeful about a successful CWG.
He, however, came hard on the Commonwealth Games Federation for not taking up the matter, in regard to the city's preparedness, with the organisers earlier.
"I still think they can pull it off. If I have any regrets it is that the Commonwealth Games Federation did not act sooner. They were behind schedule quite a few months ago and it would have helped if they had gone to India to get things moving," Coffa said.
Chairman of Hamilton bid Jagoda Pike also pounced on the opportunity and said the scenario would have been different if the Canadian city was awarded the hosting rights.
"I think you can safely say the kinds of issues they are experiencing wouldn't have happened if it were here," Pike said.

'India bribed 72 nations to get Delhi CWG' - India News - IBNLive

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Melbourne: India bribed 72 Commonwealth countries $ 100,000 each to get the hosting rights for the scandal-hit 19th edition ....that Australia received a kickback of $ 125,000 from India.


'India bribed 72 nations to get Delhi CWG' - India News - IBNLive

Always look at the bright side,,,atleast we got enough money to bribe half the planet.

[Cityboy]

He he. .its the ultimate power of subcontinent. .

[Spring Onion]

Always look at the bright side,,,atleast we got enough money to bribe half the planet.

everything for fake shining India claim.

Only if you had enough to come down of the top of the list of poverty that would be a mega success and quite respectable.

CWGs came with a shame

[roach]

everything for fake shining India claim.

Only if you had enough to come down of the top of the list of poverty that would be a mega success and quite respectable.

CWGs came with a shame

[IndianArmy]

Then we already are a superpower, bribing 72 Countries, we even Bought Pakistan with our Money if this report is true

[Molawchai]

Wow, amazing Indians, OMG, bribed 72 nations?? how did you managed to do that?
No doublt India deserve to be the NO.1"Most powerful country of Bribery" on the planet

[IndianArmy]

Wow, amazing Indians, OMG, bribed 72 nations?? how did you managed to do that?
No doublt India deserve to be the NO.1"Most powerful country of Bribery" on the planet

And where do these 72 nations get listed For Accepting the bribe?? Isnt accepting the Bribe an act of crime aswell.... If at all this news is True

[Bang Galore]

"Delhi sealed the right to host the Games when their delegates emerged at the final presentation in Jamaica and offered all 72 nations $ 100,000 (then about $ 140,000) each for athlete training schemes if they were the successful bidders," the newspaper reported.

.........Hamilton had offered the nations about USD 70,000 each," it said.

So the complaint is not of bribing per se but of paying more bribe than Hamilton could afford?

[Molawchai]

Indians, bribe me too, i need $$$$$ bad
I love "CASH" no checks please.

[Von Hölle]

Well another way of looking at it is, 72 nations sold their votes for money including Australia and Pakistan..what does this say about them?

[bandit]

everything for fake shining India claim.

Only if you had enough to come down of the top of the list of poverty that would be a mega success and quite respectable.

CWGs came with a shame

I usually refrain from trolling but since I took an early jump on the weekend I'll indulge:

http://www.defence.pk/forums/nationa...-issues/70494-misfortune-pakistan-why-we-beggers.html

[Molawchai]

India bribed 72 nations to get Delhi CWG: Report - The Economic Times 24 Sep, 2010



MELBOURNE: India bribed 72 Commonwealth countries $100,000 each to get the hosting rights for the scandal-hit 19th edition of the Games which will start in Delhi from October 3-14, a media report claimed.

A report in the Daily Telegraph claimed that Delhi pipped Hamilton in the bid after offering huge sums of money to the 72 Commonwealth countries during the final presentation in Jamaica.

The report also said that Australia received a kickback of $125,000 from India.

"Delhi sealed the right to host the Games when their delegates emerged at the final presentation in Jamaica and offered all 72 nations $100,000 (then about $140,000) each for athlete training schemes if they were the successful bidders," the newspaper reported.

"The money, subsequently paid to all nations, was not significant to Australia because it had already decided to vote for India and the payment was not an exceptionally large one.

"But for small nations who have minimal interest in the Games, it clinched their vote and India went on to beat Canadian city Hamilton 46-22 in the final poll. Hamilton had offered the nations about $70,000 each," it said.

[Spring Onion]

I usually refrain from trolling but since I took an early jump on the weekend I'll indulge:

http://www.defence.pk/forums/nationa...-issues/70494-misfortune-pakistan-why-we-beggers.html

The problem is we are NOT as much Big Mouths as Indians we dont claim that there is NO issue in our country.

Now come back to CWGs you tried the wrong way and get stuck.

Sane Indians themselves said many times that India had wasted the money for fake ego which could have been spent on Indian poor



On flip side of it taking pride in bribing and wasting money for nothing and claiming it to be something of being powerful is a big shame but only sane elements can understand that when you have better usage of the money.


After spending so much if you have only dog poo on beds and in rooms in CWGs to show to the world then its a sordid boon

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Kala Akshar Bhains Barabar..

Thats why they say that little knowledge is a dangerous things..

Here is the background to this payment

"The funds referred to are preparation grants that have been officially sanctioned by the Commonwealth Games Federation as part of Commonwealth Games bids for both the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games," NZOC communications Managers Ashley Abbott said in a statement.

"These preparation grants are provided to all Commonwealth Games nations on application. Each of the potential host cities for the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games included a preparation grant as part of their bid proposals.