NEW DELHI: Simply three days forward of the Haryana meeting elections, the state govt on Wednesday launched the controversial Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on parole for 20 days.
He was launched at 6.30 am from Rohtak Jail.
After getting a nod from the chief secretary’s workplace, further chief secretary (dwelling) Anurag Rastogi had despatched the file to DGP (prisons) Muhammad Akil for additional motion.
Whereas the government had already cleared the file, Congress on Tuesday shot off one other grievance to the Election Commission (EC) and Haryana chief electoral officer (CEO) Pankaj Aggarwal in opposition to the parole, arguing his launch close to the election may affect voters and quantities to violation of the mannequin code of conduct.
On Friday, the prisons division had despatched the communication to Haryana EC by way of its CEO to seek the advice of over its transfer of taking choice on utility for 20-day parole sought by the dera chief.
The CEO had requested the extra chief secretary to clarify the compelling circumstances for granting the parole when the mannequin code of conduct was in place.
On Monday, the CEO had cleared the file and knowledgeable the state authorities that it will probably contemplate him for launch.
The parole utility had come inside a month of the dera head returning to Sunaria jail of Rohtak after completion of his furlough.
The dera head is serving sentence after he had been convicted in instances of rape of two sadhvis and homicide of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati.
Beforehand, the dera head had been launched on bail forward or throughout particular events linked to electoral politics. The dera additionally had a political wing and its choice associated to assist to particular person or occasion is believed to be influential on the voting sample.
