But, Gurmeet Ram Rahim is not a serious criminal, the Haryana government claimed last week in a statement to the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The Manohar Lal Khattar administration defended the decision to grant the convicted prisoner a 40-day parole in January. He had received similar-length parole only three months previously. This convicted murderer and rapist has been out of jail for a total of 131 days over the past year.
One wonders what Singh’s status with the Haryana government is in the eyes of the two sadhvis who provided their statements to the CBI and adhered to them in court despite repeated threats. Can they make it fit with how they remember him? They testified before the court that the man whom they and their families revered as a deity threatened to have them killed when they refused to be raped. One’s brother was indeed murdered.
Source: Twitter Another group of victims, the former followers who claim the Dera chief castrated them, are still waiting for justice. In this case, the CBI charge sheet was submitted in 2018, but the trial has not yet started. Imagine what the complainant and the witnesses in this case must have thought when they read the character reference from their government for their accused tormentor.For allegedly throwing stones at Hindus at a garba in 2022, the same administration believed it was acceptable to treat Muslims like seasoned criminals. They were publicly flogged by the Kheda Police after being chained to a pole. They’ve now justified this savagery in court.
Notably, the leaders of Gujarat and Haryana are both men connected to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Discipline and Hindu sanskaar are two principles upheld by the RSS. Fit rape and murder into this set of principles?
Source: India Ahead NewsIt’s important that Singh’s parole was only granted after the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) filed a lawsuit against it, forcing Khattar’s administration to defend it in court. The Dera chief is one of the accused parties in Punjab’s infamous sacrilege case of 2015, and the Sikh body has long accused him of hurting their religious emotions.
The millions of Dalit votes that the Dera chief controls are what give him influence. Presently, it is claimed that his preferred party is the BJP. But even though he was released right before the Punjab elections last year, the BJP nearly came up empty-handed. The Aadmi Aadmi Party received support from Dalits (AAP).
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