Advani lifts Uma Bharti's suspension

More than a month after she openly challenged his authority, BJP President LK Advani on Friday revoked suspension of firebrand leader Uma Bharti, capping days of drama of her regret and a reported attack on the second rung leaders.

"BJP President LK Advani has decided to lift the suspension on Uma Bharti," former party President M Venkaiah Naidu said.

He, however, replied in the negative when asked whether she would get back the post of General Secretary, to which she was appointed only a few days before she stormed out of the party office bearers' meeting on November 10 demanding action against "leaders without base".