Is India really serious about a bid to host the Olympic Games in 2036?

The country would do well to think several times before committing to such gigantic expenditure in the uncertain future

Earlier this week, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur said the government would back the Indian Olympic Association’s bid for the 2036 Olympics, with Ahmedabad likely to be the host city. Really? Or is he merely trying to retrieve lost ground in the party after his debacle in the recent Himachal elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost Assembly seats in his Lok Sabha constituency. 

The consensus on hosting the Olympics, meanwhile, seems to be that it is a bum deal financially. The winner of the bid is usually decided between 7 and 10 years before the Games are to be held,