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Baba Ramdev, Hazare bat for Kiran Bedi for CIC
PTI | Dehra Dun
Social activist Anna Hazare and yoga guru Baba Ramdev have urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to appoint the country’s first woman IPS officer Kiran Bedi as the Chief Information Commissioner to maintain transparency in the Commission.
Actor Aamir Khan and Magsaysay awardees Arvind Kejriwal and Sandeep Pandey have already made a similar demand to the Prime Minister.
"Bedi, who had fought corruption and criminals throughout her life, should be made the CIC," Hazare told reporters here on Monday.
"We strongly support Kiran Bedi for the next CIC. If she is not being made the CIC, then we should know the reasons behind," Ramdev said.
Various social activists from Uttarakhand have also supported the move.
The post of CIC fell vacant after Central Information Commission Chief Wajahat Habibullah agreed to head the Jammu and Kashmir State information commission. Habibullah had resigned last month.
A new CIC will be chosen this week by a committee comprising Manmohan Singh, Advani and Law Minister Veerappa Moily.
60-year-old Bedi is a recipient of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award among others. During her service, she was also the Inspector General Prisons of Tihar Jail. She has also worked with the United Nations as the Police Advisor to the Secretary General. In 2007,
she took voluntary retirement.
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