Hours after Delhi High Court granted bail to senior Congress senior leader DK Shivakumar, the Karnataka leader walked out of Tihar jail here on October 23. After walking out of the jail, he said, "I thank all those who have helped me and stood with me in the hour of crisis. I thank all the leaders of the fairest political party including my party president Sonia Gandhi, she came all the way to visit me give me strength and solidarity."