CPI (M) Punjab on Monday opposed the Manohar Lal Khattar led Haryana Government’s move to release Dera Sacha Sauda sect head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on parole.
CPI (M) Punjab state secretary Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon said that the BJP Government is going to play with fire by releasing such a “notorious criminal” who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2017 under various charges of murder and rape and his appeals for bail had been rejected by the Court several times.
Sekhon alleged that even today, he is facing several serious criminal charges in the Court including castration of large number of devotees in the Dera.
“If Ram Rahim was released on bail, as is being planned by Khattar government for its narrow political gains, it would prove very harmful to the peaceful atmosphere and law and order situation in Punjab and Haryana,” he said while reminding the Haryana Government about the law and order situation and violence which happened at the time of his arrest when he was sentenced to life imprisonment by Panchkula’s CBI court under charges of murder and rape wherein more than 30 people lost their lives.
At the same time, the CPI (M) appealed to all the left democratic peace and justice loving progressive people to come forward to oppose the evil designs of the Khattar Government of Haryana.