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Voting for Haryana Assembly elections will be held on October 5. Before voting, Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim will come out of jail. The Election Commission has given approval to the government for this. Ram Rahim, who comes out of jail every time during the election season, has been given conditional permission to come out on parole. As per the conditions Ram Rahim will not come to Haryana. There will be a ban on influencing the assembly elections in any way, holding any public meeting and making any kind of appeal through social media. If all these conditions are violated, there are instructions to immediately cancel Ram Rahim’s parole and send him back to jail.
Haryana Election Commission spokesperson HCS officer Manish Lohan said that a letter had come from the government to the Commission for advice regarding granting parole to Ram Rahim on the grounds of emergency. It was written in the letter that Ram Rahim would not come to Haryana after coming out of jail. Apart from this, he will not influence the elections in any way nor will he appeal in any public meeting or on social media. After this, the Election Commission had asked the government to check all the above conditions for granting parole to Ram Rahim. Please confirm that these conditions will be fully followed. After this, the government can take a decision at its level whether to grant parole to Ram Rahim or not.
Dera chief Ram Rahim, who was serving life imprisonment in a rape and murder case in Rohtak’s Sunaria jail, was granted furlough for 21 days for the seventh time on August 13. Sunaria returned to jail after parole on 5 September. It is being told that Ram Rahim now wants to come out just before the assembly elections. For this, 20 days emergency parole has been sought through the jail department. In political circles it is being linked to elections. Because Ram Rahim has been giving messages to his followers at the time of every election. He is considered to have influence on the assembly seats adjoining Punjab. Now the decision on Ram Rahim’s parole may come on Monday.
Ram Rahim has been coming out of jail before the elections.
- Baroda by-election: Got parole for one day to meet his mother on 20 October 2020. By-election was held in 2020.
- Punjab Assembly Elections: Parole for 21 days before the Punjab Assembly elections in February 2022.
- Rajasthan Assembly Elections: Got parole for 21 days before the Rajasthan Assembly elections on 25 November 2023.
- Lok Sabha Elections: Lok Sabha elections were held on 25 May 2024. Ram Rahim got 50 days parole on 19 January.
- Haryana Assembly Elections: Ram Rahim got 21 days furlough on 13 August 2024.