![]() State Cabinet ministers Brahm Shankar Jimpa, Harbhajan Singh ETO, BJP leader and former MLA Manjit Singh, BJP leader Amarjit Singh Tikka and others were present on the occasion. The PM departed from Dera Beas at 12.05 pm. ![]() From the Adampur airport, the helicopter carrying the PM landed at the airstrip in the dera at 11.10 am where the sect head received him. The sources said sect chief Gurinder Singh Dhillon briefed the PM on various facilities and services provided to those visiting the dera. ![]() He directly interacted with the congregation. The PM visited a vast langar hall of the dera where a large number of women volunteers were cooking meals. Though details of the discussion between the two were not known, reliable sources said the meeting was held in view of the elections to the Himachal Vidhan Sabha. As per the sect’s policy, no mediaperson was allowed to enter the dera for coverage. State DGP Gaurav Yadav was also present inside the dera.Īmidst tight security, Modi held a closed-door meeting with sect head Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon for about 30 minutes. The incident had prompted the state police to increase security vigil. His visit follows a day after self-styled Hindu leader Sudhir Kumar Suri was killed in Amritsar. Farmers burn an effigy of the PM on NH-54 on Saturday. The sect has a large number of followers in different pockets of the hill state. Days before the conducting of the Assembly poll in Himachal Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a visit to the Radha Soami Satsang Beas headquarters at Beas, 43 km from here, on Saturday.
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