On Punjab visit eve, PM Modi meets Beas dera chief

Tribune News Service New Delhi, February 13 Ahead of his visit to poll-bound Punjab on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met the head of the influential Beas dera. “Earlier today, I had the honour of meeting Baba Gurinder...

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Updated At : 02:41 AM Feb 14, 2022 IST

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 13

Ahead of his visit to poll-bound Punjab on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met the head of the influential Beas dera.

“Earlier today, I had the honour of meeting Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon Ji of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas. The social service initiatives of the RSSB are commendable,” PM tweeted.

Earlier today, I had the honour of meeting Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon Ji of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas. The social service initiatives of the RSSB are commendable. pic.twitter.com/OIBiMSrxhR
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 13, 2022

Beas dera is one of the six major deras with the potential to influence electoral patterns in the state, apart from Dera Sacha Sauda, Nurmahal Dera, Sant Nirankari Mission, Namdhari sect and Dera Sachkhand Ballan.

Radha Soami Satsang Beas is known to influence at least 19 Assembly segments in Punjab.