Team Anna try to pacify Bedi, come back empty-handed

Activist Arvind Kejriwal on Friday reached out to placate erstwhile Team Anna member Kiran Bedi, who was distancing from them on targetting the Bharatiya Janata Party, 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 -- the Congress -- should be targetted while Kejriwal and others have targetted both the Congress and the 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 PTI.

Though she did not specify the details of the discussions, she said, "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 targetting 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.