Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal visited incarcerated Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia at the high security Nabha jail Friday. But the visit that is really causing more than just ripples in Punjab’s political landscape was on Tuesday, when head of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB) Gurinder Singh Dhillon met Majithia in jail.

The Dera chief is related to Majithia’s wife Ganieve Kaur, currently the MLA from Majitha, and though overtly the Dera head’s visit was a meeting with a “close relative”, the loud and clear political message is impossible to miss.

To begin with, the Dera chief’s visit to a jail is unprecedented. The quiet and spiritual chief of the Dera, Baba Gurinder Singh, is by far the most powerful Dera head in Punjab. The Dera has a massive foll

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