"The Games will be held as scheduled. Only thing is the infrastructure is not ready, but there is no cause for worry," Suresh Kalmadi said.
Local media had reported that Kalmadi and Vijay Kumar Malhotra, a senior sports official and leader of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, were locked in a tussle over heading the organising committee for the Games planned for November 3-11.
Kalmadi said there was a problem, but denied it could jeopardise the Games. "Those are things..., there will be some pressures, up and down," he said.
He said the federal government had already given its approval for the Games and had sanctioned funds.
The Games will feature athletics, boxing, hockey, shooting, soccer, swimming, tennis and weightlifting.
The top four from Africa and three from Asia besides an Indian entry make up the field in each discipline.
Kalmadi said work on infrastructure had not been completed, but it would not pose a problem because only eight sports were being staged.
India hope to spruce up facilities built for the 1982 Asian Games held in New Delhi.
But the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, which will be the main venue where athletics and some soccer matches will be held, is in a poor condition.
The government has said the worn out synthetic track will be replaced, while an official of the state-run Sports Authority of India said repair work would be completed ahead of the Games.
The government has sanctioned 300 million rupees for the Games which is expected to cost nearly one billion rupees.
Reuters
The first Afro-Asian Games will go ahead in New Delhi in November as scheduled, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president has said.
