Anna Hazare congratulates CM Kejriwal

December 28, 2013 17:55

Anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare today congratulated his onetime protege Arvind Kejriwal on becoming the seventh chief minister of Delhi with a message that the "ultimate aim of politics is to serve the country".

He said he could not attend the swearing-in ceremony because of ill-health.

Hazare also wrote a letter to Kejriwal congratulating him and his Cabinet colleagues on taking charge of Delhi.

"We have worked together for many years.... I congratulate you for taking the oath of chief minister today. I also congratulate others taking oath with you today," he told reporters at his village Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra.

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