Rahul, Amarinder meet Radha Soami sect chief
Monday, 19/12/2016
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Amritsar : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, accompanied by Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh on Sunday met the chief of the influential Radha Soami sect and is understood to have sought his ‘blessings’ for the upcoming Assembly polls in the state. The Congress vice president also attended the ‘satsang’ (religious discourse) by sect leader Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon at the sect headquarter at Beas, nearly 45 kilometres away from here. Rahul had arrived on a chartered flight from Bangalore and landed at the private airstrip at the sect headquarters last evening. Both Rahul and Amarinder went to the residence of Dhillon where they discussed various political issues related to the coming Assembly election, party sources said, adding the meeting lasted about an hour.
Rahul sought Dhillon’s ‘blessings’ for the Congress party to form government in Punjab for the ‘larger interest of the state,’ party sources said. Punjab Assembly elections, slated for early next year, are crucial for Congress, which has been out of power in the state for the last ten years. Earlier, Rahul and Amarinder sat at the ‘satsang’ for one and a half hours in the VVIP corridor of front row. A few SPG men also remained present but they were not allowed to carry weapons, since security cover was provided by the Dera management, sources said.
