Rape convict Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been granted 50-day parole, official sources confirmed on Friday.
Leniency for a Rape convict
The Haryana BJP government has granted him 50-day parole, and too much affection towards a rape convict raises many questions. The parole comes two months after the Sirsa-headquartered sect chief walked out of the Sunaria jail in Haryana’s Rohtak district on November 21 last year, having been granted a 21-day furlough—his third temporary release from jail in 2023.  
The Dera chief walked out of Sunaria jail on a 30-day parole on July 30, 2023. Additionally, he had been granted a 40-day parole in January of the previous year. In October 2022, he was convicted of very serious charges.
He was then granted a 40-day parole. Prior to that, he had been released from prison on a month-long parole in June 2022. Additionally, he was granted a three-week furlough on February 7, 2022. In 2021, the Dera chief, along with four others, was convicted of conspiring to kill Ranjit Singh, a Dera manager. The Dera chief and three others were also convicted in 2019 for the murder of a journalist that occurred more than 16 years ago. This raises questions about the mentality of the BJP, which previously claimed to have zero tolerance for rapists.
Is it good for society sympathizing with convicts facing such serious charges?
The Haryana government has granted him bail. In Haryana, the BJP is currently in power. This is not the first time he has been granted parole; each time the government shows leniency towards him. Sympathizing with convicts facing charges of murder is not a good sign for governance, which should be governed by law and order.
People will lose faith in law and order, and this is equivalent to making light of the struggle that the victim and those who fought against him endured to prove him guilty in court. Such actions by the government clearly indicate the misuse of power and a lack of moral responsibility, as granting him parole repeatedly. He has been proven guilty of rape and murder, and the government’s repeated granting of parole demonstrates a lack of seriousness regarding the rights and protection of the victims.
