New Delhi, August 6
The government today said it was willing to ask the CBI to look into charges of irregularities by state agencies involved in Commonwealth Games projects and accused the Opposition of projecting incorrect figures on the expenditure incurred for the mega event.

"Rs 11,500 crore is the actual expenditure...The figures of Rs 50,000 crore and Rs one lakh crore are totally incorrect," Union Minister for Urban Development S Jaipal Reddy told reporters outside Parliament.

On allegations of corruption in the projects related to the Games, Reddy said, "government agencies may have committed some irregularities. Each of the allegations will be looked into. We can even ask the CBI to look into them".

The issue of alleged large-scale corruption in CWG projects today rocked Lok Sabha with the entire opposition attacking the government, accusing it of allowing "loot" of public money. The Left demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe the charges.

Reddy, who heads the Group of Ministers on the Games, was not allowed to respond to the charges by the opposition, which wanted the reply only after a full-fledged debate. — PTI