Sharma's legs went weak, and if he hadn't held onto the podium in time, he would have collapsed.
Just then, the tent's entrance curtain was lifted again.
This time it was a senior official from the United Kingdom delegation who entered, looking equally grim, holding a fax paper.
"No need to wait for the prosecution."
"Just ten minutes ago, London, Canberra, Ottawa, and Wellington simultaneously issued a joint statement. In light of the Commonwealth Games in India being an 'unprecedented organizational failure, security disaster, and humanitarian crisis,' the four governments officially announced: Effective immediately, India's Commonwealth member status is suspended until it undergoes 'thorough and verifiable political and administrative reforms.'"
