This just in; for the 2017 Padma award the government received over 4,000 recommendations in favor of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim Singh, including five votes from the leader himself.
This downpour of recommendations came before he was convicted of rape of two sadhvis back in 2002. This seems like a crafted plan as none of the recommendations in 2015 and 2016 were for him.
As per the recommendations for 2017 listed on the home ministry’s website, there are around 18,768 applications this year. The highest number is for Dera chief and self –proclaimed “Godman” Ram Rahim Singh with 4,208 recommendations. Most of them came from Haryana’s Sirsa, where an 800-acre headquarter of his sect is located.
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