Dera plans to bring back followers by using the name of Ram Rahim's spiritual guru

Dera Sacha Sauda now plans to celebrate the birth and death anniversaries of Gurmeet Ram Rahim's guru Shah Satnam to bring back followers.

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Dera Sacha Sauda's  HQ
Dera Sacha Sauda's HQ

The controversial religious sect Dera Sacha Sauda, which has been deserted by its followers after the conviction of its chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim in two rape cases, now plans to celebrate the birth and death anniversaries of Shah Satnam to bring back followers.

Ram Rahim's arrest has resulted in a huge financial loss to the Dera units including factories, restaurants, movie theatres besides the agricultural produce. Dera's bank accounts have been frozen and there is no money to run these institutions. The factories owned by Gurmeet Ram Rahim have been shut down following the payment of pending power bills worth Rs 70 crore.

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There are no buyers for a piece of tomato for Rs 1000, one brinjal worth Rs 3000 and a single papaya worth Rs 5000.

Ram Rahim also used to sell its biscuits in the name of a prasada to his followers. Now, there are no buyers as the followers had left the Sirsa headquarters between August 25 and 28.

The resource crunch recently forced Ram Rahim's family and Vipassana Insan to seek the advice of jailed chief who is believed to have told them to find out ways and means to bring back the Dera followers.

Sources close to the Dera Sacha Sauda said Gurmeet Ram Rahim has advised Vipassana and his family members to organise the death and birth anniversaries of his religious spiritual leader Shah Satnam as the followers no more trust him as a spiritual leader.

And now, they are planning to celebrate Shah Satnam's death anniversary on December 13 and birth anniversary on January 25 in Sirsa.

However, former Dera Sacha Sauda followers Gurdas Singh Toor and Khatta Singh have accused Ram Rahim and his gang to make money in the name of these anniversaries from the gullible followers.

Even, the family members of Shah Satnam have raised objection to the dirty plans to exploit and betray the followers.

Shah Satnam's family has also moved Punjab and Haryana High Court to disassociate 17 Deras established by him.