PM to take action on alleged CWG bungling: Khurshid

The Prime Minister will take "appropriate action" on the issue of alleged financial irregularities in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) projects, Union Minister Salman Khurshid said today.

"Our first priority is the smooth conduct of the CWG. Let the games be finished, we are hopeful that the Prime Minister will take an appropriate action (on alleged financial irregularities)," Khurshid told reporters here on the sidelines of convocation of Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA).

On Kashmir, the Corporate and Minorities Affairs Minister said the Prime Minister and Home Minister P Chidambaram are constantly monitoring the situation and are working hard to bring normalcy there.

"There is an elected government in Jammu and Kashmir. We must strengthen the hands of the government in the state where a young and dynamic Chief Minister is handling the situation," he said.

"The Prime Minister is concerned, we all are concerned and trying to find out a solution," the minister said.