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Article: Aamir Khan, Anna Hazare for Kiran Bedi as CIC
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- The Hindustan Times
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- November 1, 2009
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New Delhi, Nov. 1 -- Bollywood actor Aamir Khan and social activist Anna Hazare are among several people who have urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to appoint the country's first woman police officer, Kiran Bedi, as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC).
Besides Hazare and Aamir Khan, Zee television owner Subhash Chandra and Magsaysay awardees Arvind Kejriwal and Sandeep Pandey have made the demand in letters to the prime minister.
The post of CIC fell vacant after Central Information Commission chief Wajahat Habibullah accepted Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's request to head the state information commission. Habibullah resigned last month.
Besides the prime minister, ...