Chidambaram:IPL could have been held in India.
Home minister Chidambaram reckons that IPL could have been held in India. Only if, IPL organizers listened the security concerns from state and police. So much for the timing home minister!
His comments to CNN–IBN news channel:
"We could have done it, but only if they (IPL officials) had reflected on the concerns of the police and not try to pressurize the (state) chief ministers,"
"I am not letting out any secret by that. If they had only listened to the concerns of the police, this tournament could have been played in two parts. First the league part and then give a break for the critical three or four week period and then the knock-out part,"
"But they (IPL organizers) were trying to be too clever by putting the pressure on chief ministers and ultimately the police told the chief ministers that ’sorry, we cannot provide security’,"
Why now? Why not before the tournament was moved? At-least it would have put some pressure back on to IPL organizers to retain the tourney in India.
Chidambaram is smart as heck. Things are only getting bad for congress day by day. Opposition parties might use IPL’s rousing success in South Africa against congress. He is trying to salvage some thing out of nothing.
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