Dera Sacha Sauda chief and convicted rapist Gurmeet Ram Rahim was seen cutting a cake with a sword, days after he was released from prison on a 40-day parole.
He walked out of the Sunaria prison in Haryana's Rohtak on 21 January 2023. On 23 January, the religious leader serving a 20-year jail term inaugurated a mega cleanliness campaign organised by his sect's volunteers.
Senior BJP leaders from Haryana participated in the event. These included Rajya Sabha MP Krishan Lal Panwar and former minister Krishan Kumar Bedi.
The BJP leaders and others, who virtually attended the launch, also extended their greetings on the birth anniversary of former Dera chief Shah Satnam Singh which falls on January 25.
Bedi, who is also Chief Minister M L Khattar's OSD, and Panwar praised the cleanliness drive. The former minister said both he and Panwar visited the Sirsa Dera and handed over an invite to a February 3 state-level function connected with Sant Ravidas Jayanti in Narwana.
"I and Panwar-ji had come to Sirsa to extend the invite," Bedi told the sect chief. "We pray for your good health and your blessings always be with us," Panwar told Gurmeet.
(With PTI inputs)
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