Out on parole, Sirsa dera chief holds on-line discourses; BJP leaders present up
By PTI
KARNAL: Currently out on parole, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for the previous few days has been holding on-line discourses, which have been attended by BJP leaders from Haryana.
His parole has as soon as once more coincided with some polls within the area, the third such occasion within the present yr.
Haryana might be witnessing panchayat elections and the bypolls to the Adampur Assembly seat subsequent month.
The dera chief, who’s serving a 20-year jail for raping his two disciples, had earlier come out of jail on a month-long parole in June, forward of the elections to 46 municipalities in Haryana.
He was granted three weeks furlough from February 7, barely two weeks earlier than the Punjab Assembly elections.
The Sirsa dera has a lot of followers in Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
The 55-year-old Sirsa dera chief is holding on-line “satsangs” from the dera’s Barnawa ashram in UP’s Bagphat.
Haryana Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa was current in a giant gathering of the sect’s followers in Hisar on Wednesday to hearken to a web-based discourse, throughout which he talked about his household’s affiliation with the Sirsa dera.
Earlier on Tuesday, Karnal Mayor Renu Bala additionally joined a web-based “satsang” together with another BJP leaders.
After his launch on 40-day parole on October 14, the dera chief went to the Barnawa ashram from Rohtak’s Sunaria jail the place he was lodged.
Speaking with him throughout the on-line discourse, Ranbir Gangwa stated he was blissful on the blessings given by the dera chief and hoped that someday he’ll handle them face-to-face.
“You should always give your blessings,” stated Gangwa, who referred to a number of “humanitarian causes” taken up by the dera now and again.
Renu Bala addressed to the sect chief as “Pitaji” and stated his blessings ought to at all times be with them.
She stated a few years again he had come to Karnal and given a message of cleanliness that helped town.
“In future too, you should come to Karnal and once again give a message of ‘swachhta’ and bless us,” she is heard saying in a video of the occasion.
When contacted over the cellphone on Thursday, Gangwa stated he sees nothing improper in attending to the web discourse of the dera chief.
He stated since many years he and his household is related with the dera and it’s a matter of private perception and decisions.
“Since my birth, I am connected with this dera. In my village, the dera exists since 1960. Who follows that belief is his choice, why should anyone have an issue with that,” he stated.
When requested eyebrows have been being raised on the timing of dera chief’s parole, Gangwa stated, “If he has been given parole against jail manual, then one can raise an objection. But granting parole to any prisoner is his legitimate right and rules have been framed for that”.
“He has been given parole even when there were no polls, so I don’t see any issue here,” Gangwa stated.
Gangwa stated a number of “humanitarian causes” have been taken up by the dera now and again, together with cleanliness drive, holding mega blood donation camps, drives in opposition to drug menace, extending assist to the poor, which shouldn’t be missed.
The dera chief was final yr additionally convicted together with 4 others for hatching a conspiracy to kill Ranjit Singh, a dera supervisor.
The dera chief and three others have been convicted in 2019 for the homicide of a journalist greater than 16 years in the past.
KARNAL: Currently out on parole, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for the previous few days has been holding on-line discourses, which have been attended by BJP leaders from Haryana.
His parole has as soon as once more coincided with some polls within the area, the third such occasion within the present yr.
Haryana might be witnessing panchayat elections and the bypolls to the Adampur Assembly seat subsequent month.
The dera chief, who’s serving a 20-year jail for raping his two disciples, had earlier come out of jail on a month-long parole in June, forward of the elections to 46 municipalities in Haryana.
He was granted three weeks furlough from February 7, barely two weeks earlier than the Punjab Assembly elections.
The Sirsa dera has a lot of followers in Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
The 55-year-old Sirsa dera chief is holding on-line “satsangs” from the dera’s Barnawa ashram in UP’s Bagphat.
Haryana Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa was current in a giant gathering of the sect’s followers in Hisar on Wednesday to hearken to a web-based discourse, throughout which he talked about his household’s affiliation with the Sirsa dera.
Earlier on Tuesday, Karnal Mayor Renu Bala additionally joined a web-based “satsang” together with another BJP leaders.
After his launch on 40-day parole on October 14, the dera chief went to the Barnawa ashram from Rohtak’s Sunaria jail the place he was lodged.
Speaking with him throughout the on-line discourse, Ranbir Gangwa stated he was blissful on the blessings given by the dera chief and hoped that someday he’ll handle them face-to-face.
“You should always give your blessings,” stated Gangwa, who referred to a number of “humanitarian causes” taken up by the dera now and again.
Renu Bala addressed to the sect chief as “Pitaji” and stated his blessings ought to at all times be with them.
She stated a few years again he had come to Karnal and given a message of cleanliness that helped town.
“In future too, you should come to Karnal and once again give a message of ‘swachhta’ and bless us,” she is heard saying in a video of the occasion.
When contacted over the cellphone on Thursday, Gangwa stated he sees nothing improper in attending to the web discourse of the dera chief.
He stated since many years he and his household is related with the dera and it’s a matter of private perception and decisions.
“Since my birth, I am connected with this dera. In my village, the dera exists since 1960. Who follows that belief is his choice, why should anyone have an issue with that,” he stated.
When requested eyebrows have been being raised on the timing of dera chief’s parole, Gangwa stated, “If he has been given parole against jail manual, then one can raise an objection. But granting parole to any prisoner is his legitimate right and rules have been framed for that”.
“He has been given parole even when there were no polls, so I don’t see any issue here,” Gangwa stated.
Gangwa stated a number of “humanitarian causes” have been taken up by the dera now and again, together with cleanliness drive, holding mega blood donation camps, drives in opposition to drug menace, extending assist to the poor, which shouldn’t be missed.
The dera chief was final yr additionally convicted together with 4 others for hatching a conspiracy to kill Ranjit Singh, a dera supervisor.
The dera chief and three others have been convicted in 2019 for the homicide of a journalist greater than 16 years in the past.
