Kejriwal & group tries to placate Bedi but with little success

Last Updated: Friday, August 31, 2012, 21:32

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Tags: Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi, Manish Sisodia, Kumar Vishwas

New Delhi: Activist Arvind Kejriwal on Friday reached out to placate erstwhile Team Anna member Kiran Bedi, who was distancing from them on targeting BJP, an issue which remained unresolved even after the meeting.

Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Kumar Vishwas and Sanjay Singh went to Bedi's residence this evening and held discussions for over an hour to explain their position.

Bedi had distanced herself from erstwhile Team Anna and it became public last Sunday when she skipped the protest against corruption. She is of the view that the party in power -- Congress -- should be targeted while Kejriwal and others have targeted both Congress and BJP.

"Certain matters have got some clarity. While few other issues remain. I will be meeting Anna in middle of next month. By that time, Anna would have come back from the retreat," Bedi told a news agency. Though she did not specify the details of the discussions, she said that "they had due clarifications on certain matters. However, more needs to be ascertained which is why I will go to meet Anna in few days from now."

Sources said the core issue of targeting BJP was not resolved as Bedi maintained that the focus should be on the party in power and the strategy should vary according to the situation.

Though she did not specify the details of the discussions, she said that "they had due clarifications on certain matters. However, more needs to be ascertained which is why I will go to meet Anna in few days from now."

Sources said the core issue of targeting BJP was not resolved as Bedi maintained that the focus should be on the party in power and the strategy should vary according to the situation.

This is the first time that Bedi is having a meeting with erstwhile Team Anna members after August 12 when she attended the protest by yoga guru Ramdev.

During the meeting, sources said, Kejriwal and others, who have decided to take a political plunge, explained their position and emphasised the need for a united face to fight corruption.

They are understood to have explained to her the way the anti-corruption movement will progress though some of them will take the political path.

PTI

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First Published: Friday, August 31, 2012, 21:32

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INDIAN - INDIA
TARGETING CONGRESS/BJP/COMMUNIST WILL MAKE TEAM ANNA PARTY NEUTRAL (FOURTH FRONT). CONGRESS IS CORRUPT BUT BJP IS CORRUPT & COMMUNAL. IF TEAM ANNA HAS TO WIN, THEN TEAM ANNA HAS TO TARGET CONGRESS/BJP/COMMUNIST. JAI HIND.

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Bharti - Bharat
Minority Says “CORRUPTION IS BETTER THAN COMMUNALISM”. Annaji’s effort will not bear fruit as far as BJP is Optional. Minority will Vote Congress if there is no Option available. Annaji must give Option. Also Secular Hindus don’t want Communal Problems and so they also Vote Congress. So if Annaji want to wipe out Corruptions from India then Annaji should form a Fourth Front (Non-Congress, Non-BJP and Non-Communist). Minorities, Dalits and Secular Hindu Votes will go for Annaji’s Secular Party. Annaji’s Secular Party’s Candidates must be from all Religion (Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Dalits, Sikhs and Hindus).

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D.N.MAKHIJA - DELHI.................INDIA
THE MISSION OF ANNA IS LIKELY TO BE FAILED BECAUSE OF MR. KEJRIWAL WHO IS IMPATIENT ..KIRAN BEDI IS CORRECT.....FIRST OF ALL ATTACK RULING PARTY ...........NOT TO SAY ALL ARE LOOTERS.........