'NEW DELHI, May 4: The former president of India's main opposition Congress Party was granted ball Monday pending trial for defamation over his comments linking right-wing rivals to bombings in a southern Indian town, a local news agency reported, reports AP.

Sitaram Kesri appeared in a city court In the case filed by the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the parent body of the governing Bharatiya Janata Party. If convicted. Kesri could be Jailed for two years.

United News of India said Kesri was allowed to remain free on bail of 10,000 rupees (about 250 dollars).