Kerala Govt Likely To Probe Alleged Lapses In Previous LDF’s Messi-Argentina Team Proposal

Thi uva a thapu am,
Aug
12
(PTI)
The
UDF
gove me t
i
Ke ala
is
likely
to
o de
a
p obe
i to
alleged
i egula ities
a d
p ocedu al
lapses
i
the
p evious
LDF
gove me t& squo;s
effo ts
to
b i g
football
lege d
Lio el
Messi
a d
the
A ge ti a
team
to
the
state.

I dicati g
the
possibility
of
a
i vestigatio ,
state
Spo ts
Mi iste
O
J
Ja eesh
o
Wed esday
ejected
fo me
mi iste
V
Abdu ahima & squo;s
defe ce
of
the
p oposal
a d
alleged
that
gove me t
machi e y
was
misused
to
facilitate
fi a cial
gai s
fo
a
p ivate
i dividual.

Ja eesh
said
the e
was
o
substa ce
i
Abdu ahima & squo;s
claim
that
the
gove me t
had
ot
suffe ed
a y
fi a cial
loss
i
co ectio
with
the
p oposed
eve t.

He
alleged
that
official
p ocedu es
we e
ot
followed
f om
the
begi i g
a d
that
the e
was
a
lack
of
t a spa e cy
i
selecti g
the
spo so
a d
deali g
with
the
p oposal.

“The
gove me t
machi e y
was
misused
fo
a
p ivate
eve t
ma ageme t
compa y.
F om
the
Chief
Sec eta y
to
the
dist ict
collecto ,
police
a d
G eate
Cochi
Developme t
Autho ity
(GCDA),
the
admi ist ative
machi e y
was
used
fo
a
p ivate
i dividual,& dquo;
Ja eesh
told
epo te s
he e.

The
mi iste
said
such
actio s
c eated
a
oppo tu ity
fo
a
p ivate
pa ty
to
make
substa tial
fi a cial
gai s
a d,
the efo e,
it
was
mea i gless
to
a gue
that
the
gove me t
had
suffe ed
o
loss.

Ja eesh
said
the
fi st
email
p oposi g
the
eve t
was
eceived
by
the
the
spo ts
mi iste
f om
a
adve tisi g
compa y,
which
had
bee
egiste ed
o ly
about
20
days
befo e
se di g
the
commu icatio .

The
compa y
had
a
capital
of
o ly
Rs
1
lakh,
he
said,
questio i g
whethe
its
backg ou d,
fi a cial
capacity
o
expe ie ce
i
o ga isi g
eve ts
i volvi g
a
playe
of
Messi& squo;s
statu e
a d
the
A ge ti a
team
had
bee
exami ed.

He
alleged
that
the
p oposal
eceived
by
the
mi iste & squo;s
office
was
ot
ha dled
i
acco da ce
with
the
p esc ibed
Rules
of
P ocedu e.
The
commu icatio
was
allegedly
kept
outside
the
official
file
system
fo
ea ly
two
yea s
without
bei g
egiste ed
o
assig ed
a
file
umbe .

“It
is
clea
that
the e
we e
i dividual
i te ests.
The
fo me
spo ts
mi iste ‘s
actio
i
this
ega d
amou ts
to
a
se ious
violatio
of
the
oath
of
office,& dquo;
Ja eesh
alleged,
addi g
that
official
p ocedu es
applicable
while
co espo di g
with
p ivate
i dividuals
a d
i stitutio s
should
have
bee
followed.

He
also
questio ed
the
pu pose
of
the
Spai
t ip
u de take
by
Abdu ahima
i
co ectio
with
the
p oposal
a d
said
g eate
cla ity
was
equi ed
o
the
visit
as
well
as
the
selectio
of
the
spo so .

Ja eesh
alleged
that
the
p evious
mi iste
had
i itially
commu icated
with
p ivate
pa ties
th ough
his
pe so al
email
fo
ea ly
two
yea s
befo e
b i gi g
the
matte
i to
official
files,
calli g
it
a
matte
that
aised
se ious
questio s.

He
said
the
gove me t
had
a
legal
a d
co stitutio al
espo sibility
i
ha dli g
such
matte s
a d
alleged
that
official
machi e y
was
used
to
facilitate
fi a cial
gai s
fo
a
p ivate
pa ty.

The
mi iste
said
a ou d
Rs
14
lakh
of
gove me t
mo ey
had
bee
spe t,
i cludi g
o
the
Spai
visit,
a d
that
this
should
also
be
co side ed
a
loss.

He
fu the
efe ed
to
epo ts
that
Rs
126
c o e
p ovided
by
the
spo so
had
bee
lost
a d
said
cla ity
was
eeded
o
whe e
the
mo ey
we t.

Ja eesh
alleged
that
the e
had
bee
o
t a spa e cy
i
ide tifyi g
the
spo so .

The
spo ts
mi iste
also
questio ed
fo me
Chief
Mi iste
Pi a ayi
Vijaya & squo;s
ea lie
stateme t
assu i g
Ke ala
that
Messi
would
come
to
the
state,
aski g
whethe
he
was
awa e
of
the
developme ts
that
had
ow
come
to
light.

Ja eesh’s
ema ks
came
a
day
afte
he
co fi med
that
the
Spo ts
Depa tme t
had
submitted
its
i qui y
epo t
i to
the
co t ove sy
su ou di g
the
p oposed
visit
of
Messi
a d
the
A ge ti a
team
du i g
the
p evious
LDF
gove me t& squo;s
te u e.

The
epo t,
p epa ed
by
the
Spo ts
Depa tme t
Special
Sec eta y
afte
exami i g
files
available
with
the
depa tme t,
was
ha ded
ove
to
the
gove me t
fo
fu the
actio ,
Ja eesh
had
said.

Abdu ahima ,
howeve ,
had
ejected
the
allegatio s
a d
mai tai ed
that
the
p evious
LDF
gove me t
had
followed
all
p esc ibed
p ocedu es
while
attempti g
to
b i g
the
A ge ti a
team
to
Ke ala
fo
a
f ie dly
match.

I
a
detailed
stateme t,
he
had
said
the
state
gove me t
had
ot
suffe ed
eve
a
“si gle
upee& dquo;
loss
i
co ectio
with
the
p oposal,
as
the
ag eeme t
fo
the
match
was
betwee
the
A ge ti a
Football
Associatio
(AFA)
a d
the
spo so
a d
did
ot
impose
a y
fi a cial
liability
o
the
gove me t.& bsp;

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