Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan is the head of the Indian social group Dera Sacha Sauda. He is also a convicted rapist, and was convicted of being involved in the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati. His Dera has a large number of followers among Dalits, estimated to be over 70%. He has organised drives for blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol screening that have been recognised by Guinness World Records.
About Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in brief
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan is the head of the Indian social group Dera Sacha Sauda since 1990. He is also a convicted rapist, and was convicted of being involved in the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati. He has released several music albums and films, which typically revolve around himself and his teachings. His films were negatively received by critics, with many considering them propaganda and criticising their poor quality. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison in August 2017. In January 2019, he and three others were convicted of the murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He also faces prosecution for other murders and ordering forced castrations. His Dera has a large number of followers among Dalits, estimated to be over 70%. He has organised drives for blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol screening that have been recognised by Guinness World Records. The Indian Express had placed him 96th in their list of the 100 most powerful Indians of 2015. He originally originally supported the Indian National Congress parties and aided them in 2007 Punjab state elections esp. to wrest control of the Malwa region. Before the 2014 Punjab elections, his wife Preneet Kaur and his son Raninder Singh Singh asked him to extend his support to Congress.
In the 2012 elections, Dera’s support to the Congress alienated the party’s Sikh vote bank. The poor performance of Congress leader Haryana Bharati was seen as a signal of the downfall of the Dera’s political power. The Dera runs 3 hospitals and 13 educational institutes. It is one of the various Deras that openly asks its supporters to vote for particular political parties. It has also spoken out against cattle slaughter in India. The group has adopted the name ‘Insan’ as a surname. Ram RahIM and his wife have two daughters, named Amarpreet and Charanpreet. They also have a son, Jasmeet, who is married to Husanmeet, a daughter of theIndian National Congress leader Harminder Singh Jassi. He adopted his confidante Priyanka Taneja as his daughter, giving her the name Honeypreet in 2009. He established a specialised disaster relief and welfare agency called Shah Satnam Ji Green-S Welfare Force Wing in 2001, especially in the aftermath of the Odisha cyclone and Gujarat earthquake. In 2012 he laid the foundation of a Super Speciality Hospital at Sirsa.
You want to know more about Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh?
This page is based on the article Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh published in Wikipedia (as of Nov. 29, 2020) and was automatically summarized using artificial intelligence.
