Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh Badal visited the imprisoned Akali chief Bikram Singh Majithia on the Excessive Safety Nabha jail on Friday. Nevertheless, it was Tuesday that visits that had been extra than simply ripples within the Punjab political panorama had been really the trigger.
The DERA chief is related to Ganiave Kaur, Majicia’s spouse. He’s now a Majisa MLA, and the go to of DERA Head was a gathering with a “shut relative,” however it’s inconceivable to miss a loud, clear political message.
Initially, DERA Chief’s go to to jail is unprecedented. Baba Gurinder Singh, the quiet and religious chief of Dera, is essentially the most highly effective head of Dera in Punjab. Though Della has an enormous supporter in a state that has been hit by tens of tens of millions, regardless of being primarily apolitical for many years, “Babaji” optics ship robust political alerts to his followers to fulfill Majichia alongside the jail.
The one-on-one assembly with including sauce lasted over half-hour. By the point Della’s head got here out of jail, information of his go to unfold, and his followers gathered exterior the constructing for a glimpse of him.
The DERA Chiefs assembly has additionally gained significance in mild of the very fact that previously two months, the DERA Chiefs assembly was denied permission to fulfill Magicia in jail on alleged disproportionate belongings.
Sukhbir Badal’s spouse, MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal, informed Mediapersons that she was allowed to go to him after some requests, as she was Majithia’s sister and was allowed to go to him at Rakhi. Different Akali leaders aren’t permitted to go to Majithia, aside from Harsimrat and his spouse Ganieve.
This was the primary time Badal had visited Magicia in jail, and he was accompanied by his spouse Harshimurat Kaur and Ganiave Kaur. Badal mentioned whereas talking with media individuals exterior the jail on Friday, the Punjab authorities denied a number of earlier requests to fulfill Majicia. “Even when they allowed Harshimurat to fulfill him, it was only some minutes. I wish to warn Patiara Varun Sharma’s SSP that the function he performed has not been on board,” Badal mentioned.
Senior leaders Daljit Singh Cheema, Sikandar Singh Marka, Mahesh Inder Grawal and Vilsa Singh Waldha have been denied permission by the state authorities on the grounds that their households can meet Majitia in jail.
Dillon, listed as a household by Magictias on the record handed over to jail, mentioned permission was granted on the bottom, and a senior division official spoke to the printed model on situation of anonymity.
However specialists say that even when the state authorities wished to disclaim Della’s chief of jail visits, it might have been politically suicide. “It’s inconceivable to not learn politics that Della Bees’ head visited jail to fulfill Bikram Magicia. That’s not an correct and comfy outlook for the state authorities. The hostility between the AAP authorities and Magicia is simply too outstanding. Dr. Kanwalpreet Kaur, College of Politics, DAV School Sector 10, mentioned:
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Radha Soami Satsang Dera spreads over 3,000 acres of Beas, with virtually 5,000 branches in India and 90 abroad branches. Beas’ headquarters is itself a mini-township and includes a large Satsang complicated, residential areas, colleges and hospitals.
Regardless of claiming it’s fully apolitical, politicians flock to the RSSB throughout elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited DERA in November 2022 previous to the Himachal Pradesh ballot. Dillon additionally met the Prime Minister in Delhi in February 2022. Federal Residence Minister Amit Shah additionally visited Della that 12 months.
The DERA Chief visited Haryana Prime Minister Nayabusin Sani in November 2024. He additionally visited Gulab Chand Kataria, Governor of Punjab. In 2024 he visited Sufi singer Mahatma Belindera Singh to turban and acknowledged him because the chief of Dela Jagarwari in Hisar amid the succession battle.
Final December, Dillon met Jaiani Harpreet Singh, then-Taktodam Dadama’s Jatedal and Surujit Singhrakula, senior chief of the breakaway faction of Shiromania Kalidal. The transfer was seen as he was about to play the interlocutor between Akaridal and the insurgent group.
Dillon visited Aman Arora, chief of AAP Punjab, at his Chandigarh residence in February.
“Within the face of that, Della’s head assembly magicia can typically be dismissed as a social go to. In truth, this Della’s chief is extra of a social determine than another vendor earlier than him. He was politically asided,” added Dr. Kanwarpreet Kaur.
In his personal response to X, Majitia acknowledged the significance of the go to. “I’ve no standing or potential both. I’m a humble individual and I’ve no phrases to thank the revered Babaji, the pinnacle of Della Bees, who got here to see me at Nava Jail at the moment. He’s an emotional second for me. Somebody whose blessings make me really feel higher.”
DAS just isn’t inert both.
There’s a humble and forgetful presence, and I will pay the legitimate phrases that I’ve to pay at Daba Jaba’s main model, Bauss by Baisha Singh Bau Bauron Ji. I am going to begin to go to me with my braveness… pic.twitter.com/biuiciyiqn– Bikram Singh Majithia (@bsmajithia) September 23, 2025
Magicia was arrested from his Amritsar residence on June twenty fifth by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau for accumulating extra wealth than his identified supply of earnings. The press convention issued by the federal government fastened the undescribed wealth at Rs 540. In his protection, Majicia argued that an FIR in opposition to him had been created and that the Bagwant Mann authorities had been performing in opposition to him from Vendetta.
Provided that he approached the Centre, Dillon’s go to additionally led to hypothesis that he would play an interlocutor between Akaridal and the BJP, attributable to potential partnerships earlier than the meeting elections.
“In the meanwhile, as he approaches the 2027 parliamentary elections, there isn’t a clear indication that he’ll play a political interlocutor function among the many varied individuals he has met, however the images could grow to be extra clear,” Kaur identified.
Dera’s go to additionally happens when Akali Dal is on a political upside because it helps Akali Dal primarily serve to these affected by the floods within the state. Badal and his staff of Akali staff went from village to village and handed over money to affected households.
Assist for Badal is amid a number of makes an attempt by the social gathering’s breakaway faction to destroy him politically, and regardless of his social gathering having been within the glitches for over a decade. The Dera Head go to, mixed with Badal’s Rising Graph, introduced Akali Dal again to political type, no less than in the interim.
Nevertheless, specialists are watching Delahead’s go to on account of the emergent pressure between Majitia and Badal. Nevertheless, senior social gathering leaders have rebutted all types of tensions between Badal and Magicia.
Dera Beas’ go to and empathy for Bikram can have a number of meanings, says Dr Harjeshwar Singh, SGGS School Sector 26, Sggs School Sector 26, Chandigarh. “This can be a sign for Sukhbir in regards to the significance of Majithia and will additionally present some understanding between Majithia and the BJP,” Singh mentioned.
Harjeshwar Singh added that the Dera Head go to can be a touch from the AAP authorities on the place Dera’s sympathy and potential assist is.
“The lawsuit in opposition to Magicia is totally false and comes from Vendetta. Della’s chief just isn’t planning to go to jail to fulfill criminals. When Magicia was arrested, a lot of the opposition leaders additionally supported him. The bureau and their statements ensured that in his go to to the courtroom he wouldn’t give a thumbs up or win the media to indicate that he was effectively.
In the course of the remand listening to, the Mohali courtroom had beforehand allowed the state police to curtain the whole courtroom, together with home windows, to make sure that Majicia was not seen by the media and couldn’t work together with them. Throughout his varied appearances in instances throughout police remand, police even barricaded the whole courthouse. The parking zone the place Majicia’s car was introduced in was additionally curtained to cease the press from accessing him.
On August 18, a Mohali courtroom refused bail to Majicia within the case after reserving no less than 5 orders on the matter. The courtroom in the end argued that the case was at a “important and delicate stage” of the investigation. The courtroom mentioned disproportionate property instances “assemble other than class” and that custody questioning continues to be the norm for financial crime with widespread penalties.
On August 22, the Vigilance Bureau filed a difficult with the courtroom within the case.
Majitia has now moved Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket for bail. The case listening to will resume on October 14th.
(Responsible Mishra Version)
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