Hazaribagh: Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha will be released this evening from jail in Jharkhand, the result of his agreeing to pay bail, a move he had resisted for several days.
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.
After leaving prison, he is expected to travel to a nearby village to inaugurate an electricity project.
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.
Both Mr Sinha and Mr Advani are seen as part of the old guard that was sidelined within the BJP by Narendra Modi and his A-team during the campaign for the recent national election which ended with a triumphant win for Mr Modi.
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.
After leaving prison, he is expected to travel to a nearby village to inaugurate an electricity project.
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.
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Both Mr Sinha and Mr Advani are seen as part of the old guard that was sidelined within the BJP by Narendra Modi and his A-team during the campaign for the recent national election which ended with a triumphant win for Mr Modi.
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