<p>Narmada Bachao leader Medha Patkar, however, emerged as the final rescuer of theTeam Anna at the last hours’ negotiations with the government and the opposition.<br /><br />Initially, it was not clear how the government would agree to Anna’s demand for tabling his version of the Bill in Parliament. Home Minister P Chidambaram and Human Resource Minister Kapil Sibal were opposed to any reconciliation. <br /><br />Shri Shri Ravishankar was the first one to offer mediation. <br />Though Anna was not inclined to have any dialogue through mediation, he gave him a nod to go ahead.<br /><br />The Prime Minister’s office accepted Shri Shri Ravishankar’s mediation and told that Team Anna should make the BJP agree to their demands. <br /><br />Denial<br /><br />Hazare denied the condition. He insisted that it should be done by the government.<br />Anna wanted Maharahstra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chauhan to mediate, but he refused citing his local compulsions.Meanwhile, Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit’ son Sandip Diksit, a Lok Sabha MP, stepped in. When Anna realised that his associates could not properly handle the talks with the government, the Gandhian finally took the command in his hands. <br /><br />According to insiders, he had made it clear to his associates and the mediators in the initial stage only that he would have the final word on everything.<br /><br />Anna camp also believes that opposition indicated their support and took a public posture of standing behind Anna. <br /><br />The BJP’s stand in all party meet did not reflect that. The camp became bitter towards the opposition than the ruling Congress.<br /></p>
<p>Narmada Bachao leader Medha Patkar, however, emerged as the final rescuer of theTeam Anna at the last hours’ negotiations with the government and the opposition.<br /><br />Initially, it was not clear how the government would agree to Anna’s demand for tabling his version of the Bill in Parliament. Home Minister P Chidambaram and Human Resource Minister Kapil Sibal were opposed to any reconciliation. <br /><br />Shri Shri Ravishankar was the first one to offer mediation. <br />Though Anna was not inclined to have any dialogue through mediation, he gave him a nod to go ahead.<br /><br />The Prime Minister’s office accepted Shri Shri Ravishankar’s mediation and told that Team Anna should make the BJP agree to their demands. <br /><br />Denial<br /><br />Hazare denied the condition. He insisted that it should be done by the government.<br />Anna wanted Maharahstra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chauhan to mediate, but he refused citing his local compulsions.Meanwhile, Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit’ son Sandip Diksit, a Lok Sabha MP, stepped in. When Anna realised that his associates could not properly handle the talks with the government, the Gandhian finally took the command in his hands. <br /><br />According to insiders, he had made it clear to his associates and the mediators in the initial stage only that he would have the final word on everything.<br /><br />Anna camp also believes that opposition indicated their support and took a public posture of standing behind Anna. <br /><br />The BJP’s stand in all party meet did not reflect that. The camp became bitter towards the opposition than the ruling Congress.<br /></p>
