Jharkhand BJP leader Yashwant Sinha gets bail from court
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Jharkhand BJP leader Yashwant Sinha gets bail from court
Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha was on Wednesday granted bail by a lower court. Mr Sinha, 76, was arrested a fortnight ago for inciting a group of BJP workers to tie up an Electricity Board official to protest against a lengthy power crisis in the politician's former constituency of Hazaribagh.
Sinha was produced in a local court on June 3 and subsequently sent to judicial custody after he refused to furnish a bail bond. He along with 54 of his supporters were sent to jail for allegedly assaulting general manager of Hazaribagh branch of Jharkhand State Electricity Board.
Mr Sinha was visited in jail by BJP veteran LK Advani. After their meeting, Mr Aavani professed, "I have no doubt that Mr Sinha can lead the BJP in Jharkhand once he comes out of jail. " That vote of confidence bolsters the theory circulating within the party - that Mr Sinha wanted to use his protest and subsequent arrest to pitch for a large role in regional politics.
source:indianexpess,ndtv