Pargat continues his tirade against Kalmadi

CHANDIGARH - Continuing his tirade against Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Suresh Kalmadi, former India captain and Hockey Punjab (HP) secretary general Pargat Singh said hockey administration in the country should be run like a corporate house.

“It should run like a business house, where whatever we generate should go in the right direction. Our players, coaches and other officials should get an appropriate share and there should be no desperation that eventually forces them to rebel,” Pargat told IANS.

Singh said Kalmadi’s excessive interference in the work of Hockey India (HI) is totally unwarranted.

“We cannot let anybody run hockey using a remote control. It should be allowed to work as an independent body. Our national sport is suffocating in such environment. We want more autonomy, if we aim for better results in future,” Singh said.

“We are associated with hockey for a long time and we cannot see this game go down like this. I have also appealed to my former colleagues and other hockey players to gather on a single platform to rescue this game,” said Singh.

Pargat Singh, in a broadside Sunday aimed at Kalmadi, said the IOA president’s ambition to head Hockey India has resulted in the hockey federation elections being repeatedly delayed.