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Gurugram: With barely two months to go for assembly elections in Haryana, rape convict and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is out on furlough again..
This marks the 10th instance of the Dera chief being granted parole or furlough since his first conviction in 2017, and the sixth ahead of an election in Haryana, Punjab, or Rajasthan, where he has a sizable following..
Reacting to the developments, Anshul, the son of slain journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati, told ThePrint Tuesday that the family was disappointed with the high courts decision earlier this month to allow the state government discretion to grant parole or furlough to the Dera chief...
Consequently, the BJP government in Haryana allowed furlough on the condition that Ram Rahim would remain at the dera ashram in Barnawa for the entire duration of the furlough...
Top political leaders from these states, from the late Parkash Singh Badal, his son Sukhbir Badal, nephew Manpreet Singh Badal, former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh, former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje, BJP leaders Anil Vij, Kuldeep Bishnoi, Haryana Congress leaders Deepender Hooda and Ashok Tanwar have in the past made trips to the Dera to seek its blessings...
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