Don’t know if a person on parole can sing or not: Vij on Ram Rahim

Ram Rahim, who is serving a 20-year jail term for raping two women disciples at his ashram in Sirsa, was granted parole for 40 days last week.

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Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij. (Express/File)

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Thursday said he has no idea if a person on parole can sing or not, referring to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh who released a music video on Diwali.

When asked about Ram Rahim’s recent video, Vij said, “He has been given parole by the jail administration under the jail manuals and he is in the ashram of Uttar Pradesh. It has to be seen in the jail manual that whether one, who is on parole, can sing or not. I don’t know, he added”.

Ram Rahim, who is serving a 20-year jail term for raping two women disciples at his ashram in Sirsa, was granted parole for 40 days last week.

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For the last few days, he has been holding online discourses from his Barnawa ashram in Uttar Pradesh. These discourses have been attended by scores of his followers, including many Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders from Haryana.

Asked about Ram Rahim’s parole at a press conference in New Delhi, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said he had no role in it as jails have their own rules.

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