The Asian Age,
8 May 2008
Editorial: Running Games is not Army's job
The news that the Army may be asked to step in and play a larger role in the 2010 Commonwealth Games than just manning security and providing emergency services comes as no surprise at all. Though men and women from the armed forces did duty at the 1982 Asian Games as well, their involvement this time threatens to be on a much vaster scale, a damning indictment of the Indian Olympic Association that bid for and received the 2010 Games as far back as on November 13, 2003. Clearly, this is not what the armed forces are mandated to do, but once again they will be used to pull the fat out of the fire, this time in the name of national prestige... ...
