The ‘Anti Commonwealth Games Front’ organized a public meeting and protest against the Commonwealth Games at Jantar Mantar, Delhi, today (30 September 2010).
The Front has been formed by a number of organizations and civil society groups which are against the Commonwealth Games (CWG) being hosted in Delhi. Although the member organizations and groups work in diverse areas and have been opposing the games for different reasons, they are unanimous in their criticism of the violation of human rights that the city of Delhi has seen in the run up to the Games, the rampant corruption and financial mismanagement, and also in their perception of the Games as a complete waste of the country’s precious resources, an extravaganza which a poor country like India cannot afford and should not host.