Uma Bharti gets bail

BHOPAL: Bhartiya Janshakti (BJS) President Uma Bharti was today granted bail by a local court in a case related to insult of the national flag.

Chief Judicial Magistrate Ajay Shrivastava granted bail to Bharti on a bond of Rs 5000.

Madhya Pradesh Congress General Secretary Deepchand Yadav had moved the court against Bharti accusing her of insulting the tricolour during a function here in 2004.

Yadav had produced photographs printed by a magazine to support his allegations.

The judge had fixed January five as the date for hearing, but Bharti approached the court for bail in the case today.

Refuting the allegations, the former Chief Minister told reporters outside the court that the magazine had misrepresented facts while publishing the photograph.

Describing the case as "a conspiracy to wipe her out politically", she said she will respect the decision of the court in the case