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|New Delhi, Dec 2 |15: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal remembered his guru, social crusader Anna Hazare, and sought his stamp of approval to his Lokpal bill after his former colleague Prashant Bhushan trashed it as a “jokepal” bill. On Tuesday, Kejriwal sent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Kumar Vishwas and Sanjay Singh to Ralegan Siddhi to seek Hazare’s “suggestions and blessings”.Kejriwal also spoke to Hazare twice over the telephone on the matter. Speaking to reporters after meeting the AAP leaders, Hazare said he offered three suggestions to make the Delhi government’s Lokpal bill stronger. If these suggestions were incorporated, the bill would become the “best” in the country, he added. On Friday, Bhushan had claimed the new Lokpal Bill was different from what had been drafted during the Anna Hazare-led anti-corruption movement as the appointment and removal of an independent ombudsman will now be done by the state government. Stung by the criticism, Kejriwal decided to turn to Hazare. Hazare told reporters that he spotted certain “weaknesses” in the Delhi government’s bill. He suggested that the appointment of a Lokpal should be made by a seven-member committee instead of three experts as stipulated in Kejriwal’s Lokpal bill. He also said that in case the Lokpal needed to be removed, the decision should be taken by a Supreme Court judge and not by the state legislature as men tioned in the Delhi government’s bill. Hazare also made suggestions about the quantum of punishment and fine to be given to government officials and employees found guilty of corruption. Hazare hoped that the Union government would not create hurdles for the Kejriwal government during the process of enacting the Lokpal bill and said, “It is imperative that the Union and state governments work in tandem to prevent corruption and do not display narrowmindedness. Someone or the other will feel uncomfortable when the corrupt start getting punished.” The Gandhian said that the Union government was dragging its feet on the Lokpal issue as it had “no intention” of creating a corrup tion-free India. “The Congress government had already watered down the bill. Now, even after .
