Lashing out at nations, particularly Australia, New Zealand, Canada and England, for criticizing India for its handling of the Commonwealth Games, Commerce Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Friday warned that they may have a price to pay in terms of business opportunities in the emerging economy.

"It would be a mistake not to engage with India with respect. When it comes to business, who's loss would it be?" he told the media after meeting his Canadian counterpart Peter Van Loan in Ottawa.

Slamming the foreign media for "running a campaign'' against India over its handling of the Games, the minister said, "Dated and frozen images, exaggeration, trying to run down a country is not acceptable to us.''

A visibly angry Sharma said India is an emerging economic power as well as the largest democracy in the world and the Commonwealth.

He said, "I can tell you we will host the Games and we will host them in a manner which is befitting.''

The minister said "unprecedented rains and heavy floods even till now'' have played havoc with work at the Games' village. "There is no major project anywhere which is concluded to perfection.''

Hitting out at those international athletes who have pulled out of the Games citing health and security reasons, Sharma said, "Maybe either they are not confident of winning the medals or they will lose out.''

Earlier interacting with South Asian journalists in Toronto Thursday night, the minister said, "I would like to request the media members for a fair and balance reporting. One sink picture and one dirty room picture. But there are many positives - tens of thousands of people have toiled getting stadiums (ready), building metro....but nothing gets reported.''

He added, "Let me put it bluntly that tens of thousands of athletes will be coming and the Games will be successful.''

The minister said India carried out the preparations transparently and the country will live up to its " tradition and culture (that) how hospitable we are - a guest is a god for us.''

Sharma is in Canada to meet his Canadian counterpart Peter Van Loan, business leaders and CEOs as part of the dialogue between the two countries to deepen their "strategic partnership'' and triple bilateral trade to $15 billion in the next five years.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Critiquing-CWG-may-hit-business-ties-Anand-Sharma-tells-nations/Article1-604352.aspx

Things screwed up so much and the indians still think they are some incredible country to be looked out for. And now threatening other countries for criticizing their wrong doing. How more low can you people go?

When nobody mention india in economic discussion, the indians get upset. A great county does not need to constantly remind others of their existent. We don't hear China keep telling others like "Hey, u guys forgot about us. We are also major power, you know?"

this kind of threat is ridiculous loool.
can he guarantee that nobody will be harmed, eg. terrorists attack a la mumbai attack? or ppl
get dengue fever, or a building collapsed, etc etc?
furthermore, india needs outside help and investments not the other way around.

ppl all over the world have seen with their own eyes from the tv and the net
of all kinds of pics and stories.. u cant pull the wool over ppl's eyes..

indians are incredibily delluded and cannot take any critisim....

clearly they can never be like westerners...

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Pathankot Strike
8 F-86Fs of No 19 Squadron led by Squadron Leader Sajjad Haider struck Pathankot airfield. With carefully positioned dives and selecting each individual aircraft in their protected pens for their strafing attacks, the strike elements completed a textbook operation against Pathankot. Wing Commander M G Tawab, flying one of the two Sabres as tied escorts overhead, counted 14 wrecks burning on the airfield. Among the aircraft destroyed on the ground were nearly all of the IAFs Soviet-supplied Mig-21s till then received, none of which were seen again during the War.


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No matter what australians and some other westerners will complain. this is cause of jealousy. they complained about chinese olympicz too and when china won lot of medals they complained about how chinese train little kids.

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"No matter what australians and some other westerners will complain. this is cause of jealousy. they complained about chinese olympicz too and when china won lot of medals they complained about how chinese train little kids"

Its not jealously its a legimate concern. Why would people be jealous of collapsing bridges and filthy accomadation?

IMO the games will be a success and i hope they are.

Agreed. Instead, knowing their event is screwing up and yet still claiming it is going to be better than Beijing08 is jealousy.