After the recent events embroiling the Dera Sacha Sauda whose head has been convicted for rape, Haryana Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma on Friday said that the Rs 51 lakh grant announced by him for the sect has been withdrawn.
“The grant of Rs 51 lakh, which was announced on August 15 for Dera Sacha Sauda Sirsa, has been withdrawn,” said the Minister while talking to the mediapersons.
Sharma had visited the sect headquarters near Sirsa town on August 15 for a function and had made the announcement of the grant.
The sect chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim, was convicted on August 25 by a CBI special court in Panchkula on two counts of rape of female disciples.