Mumbai: Anna Hazare hails news of ex-Supreme Court judge being tipped for Lokpal

Mumbai: Anna Hazare hails news of ex-Supreme Court judge being tipped for Lokpal

AgenciesUpdated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 01:02 AM IST
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Mumbai: Social activist Anna Hazare Sunday welcomed the news that former Supreme Court judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose was being considered for appointment as the chief of country’s first Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman.

Justice Ghose, who retired from the Supreme Court in May 2017, is a member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Speaking to reporters, Hazare said, “I welcome the decision of appointing the country’s first Lokpal. The people’s movement for it, going on for 48 years now, has finally won.”

Hazare has led several agitations and hunger protests demanding the appointment of Lokpal at the national level and Lokayukta in states. He had sat on a hunger strike in February-March in his native Ralegansidhi in Ahmednagar district over the non-appointment of Lokpal.

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