Suresh Kalmadi

Who is Suresh Kalmadi?

Suresh Kalmadi is an Indian politician and senior sports administrator. He was formerly a member of the Indian National Congress. He is a member of parliament from Pune.

On 25 April 2011 Kalmadi was arrested by CBI for awarding illegal contracts to a Swiss firm for Timing-Scoring-Result system for the 2010 Commonwealth Games causing a loss of Rs 950 million to the exchequer. Kalmadi's membership of the Indian National Congress Party was suspended after being arrested and charged with corruption. On 26 April 2011 he was sacked from the post of president of the Indian Olympic Association. Later on, on 01/07/2013 he lost the election of Asian Athletics Association poll, losing to Qatar's Dahlan Jumaan Al-Hamad. He was ousted as the president of Asian Athletics Association after serious charges of corruption, the post which he has held for last 13 years.