Capital Buzz: When the PM's silence spoke volumes

New Delhi: At a Rashtrapati Bhavan event, Sports Minister M S Gill remonstrated to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about how, contrary to the "negative media campaign", chefs de mission of various countries were praising the facilities at the Commonwealth Games and had no complaints about anything. The prime minister gave a patient ear to Gill and, after he finished speaking, quietly turned away - without a comment.

A man of few words, the prime minister's silence was a testament to his disapproval of the way things had been handled by people who had been entrusted with the responsibility to deliver the Games for India and had instead brought the country considerable bad publicity and a tarnished international image.

Text: IANS

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