Dera Sacha Sauda chief has been granted 40-day parole, just months after he was given a parole of same duration in August 2025 ahead of his 58th birthday.
Ram Rahim, who has been in prison, serving a 20-year sentence, after his conviction for raping two female disciples in 2017, is now out on parole since 4 August.
Congress won 15 seats of 28 in six districts where Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim holds sway; BJP got 10 as caste-based voting patterns played a bigger role.
His Dera Sacha Sauda is mobilising its followers to vote en masse, it is learnt. Some are labeling his timely release as 'desperate push' by BJP, others say it's unlikely to change outcome.
While move comes ahead of Haryana polls, Dera Sacha Sauda media face says political affairs wing was dissolved after 2017. Parole petition is with state chief electoral officer.
He is likely to contest Haryana polls from Charkhi Dadri, though BJP's 2019 candidate Babita Phogat has already begun campaigning. Induction follows speedy approval of his VRS application.
Out for 21 days, Ram Rahim will remain at Dera ashram in Barnwara village in UP’s Baghpat for entire duration of furlough. This is 6th time he has been granted parole/furlough since 2017.
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and this is the state of today’s india…. with no crime proved, innocents are in jails, having whatsapp status for some seems intention of communal violence… and the list goes on… but rapists and murderers are called sanskaaris and released, this guy is released on parole while no bail for umar and likes him… no punishment for the killers in lekhimpu kheri incident, no punishment to rapists in hathras case of that girl who was cremated by police… aah and its our India… oh! bharat
and this is the state of today’s india…. with no crime proved, innocents are in jails, having whatsapp status for some seems intention of communal violence… and the list goes on… but rapists and murderers are called sanskaaris and released, this guy is released on parole while no bail for umar and likes him… no punishment for the killers in lekhimpu kheri incident, no punishment to rapists in hathras case of that girl who was cremated by police… aah and its our India… oh! bharat
Probably his mother did very bad things when he was in her womb and that is the reason he murdered and now on parole.He knows best by experience.