Bhopal, July 31 -- Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and veteran BJP leader Uma Bharti on Thursday broke down in tears after the NIA court acquitted all seven accused, including BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.

Speaking to ANI, Bharti said that the way Pragya was tortured in jail, it is very difficult for any woman to bear that.

Bharti blamed several political parties for labelling her and others under the term 'Bhagwa terror'.

"I am so happy that I do not have words to express. When Pragya was in the Nashik jail, I learned through a police officer that she was extremely tortured. I went to meet her when no one else used to. I cried when I met her...The way she was tortured, it is very difficult...