Don't burden Goa exchequer for National Games penalty: AAP to

The Aam Aadmi Party Tuesday wrote to the Goa chief secretary claiming the exchequer should not be burdened for paying the Rs 10 crore penalty imposed on the state by the Indian Olympic Association for repeatedly missing the deadline for completion of infrastructure for the National Games.

The 36th National Games were originally scheduled in Goa in 2016 but had to be postponed three times, including this year on account of general elections, following which the IOA imposed a penalty of Rs 10 crore in April this year.

AAP Goa general secretary Siddharth Karapurkar, in a letter written to the chief secretary, asserted that the state exchequer should not be burdened with the penalty, and that it should be paid by officials responsible for the delay.

Karapurkar, in his letter, said, "Tax payers are entitled to demand accountability for the expenditure made to take care of the salaries, perks, facilities of your administration which has become dysfunctional or totally non functional."