New Delhi: Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi has dismissed all talk about him using dementia as an excuse to evade prosecution in the Commonwealth Games scam. Kalmadi, who was sacked as the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief and arrested in the scam, was taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for a "routine check up".
"I'm fine. Whatever is being reported about me is not true. I had some cardio problems and just came for a check up," said Kalmadi.
He was examined by a three-member board headed by senior neurologist Dr MV Padma. The board advised further tests and sent a report to Tihar Jail authorities.
Kalmadi was accompanied by Tihar Jail authorities as he went for a neurological check up. He had earlier complained of dizziness in the jail. A LNJP Hospital medical report has claimed that Kalmadi was suffering from diffused cerebral atrophy (dementia).
Meanwhile, Kalmadi withdrew his plea from the trial court, seeking permission to attend the Monsoon Session of Parliament, saying he will approach the Delhi High Court for the same.
Special CBI Judge Talwant Singh accepted Kalmadi's submission that the High Court was the appropriate forum to decide his plea for custody parole to attend Parliament.
"The application dated July 22 of Suresh Kalmadi seeking permission to attend the eighth session of Parliament is dismissed as withdrawn," the judge said.
The 66-year-old Kalmadi, who is a Lok Sabha member from Pune, had on July 22 moved the application for custody parole to attend the 8th session of the 15th Lok Sabha.
Earlier this month, Kalmadi had written to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar seeking her permission to attend the session of Parliament scheduled from August 1 to September 8.
The Speaker, however, had said he would be able to attend Parliament only after the competent court's permission.
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