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| Ram Dev and Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in no-frisk list at airports? |
The Modi government, which is struggling to take Robert Vadra off the no-frisk list at airports, may extend the controversial exemption to Baba Ramdev and Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh as well.
Both the religious leaders have requested the government to add them to the list of VIPs, who are exempt from frisking at airports. Ramdev wants to save time, while Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has security concerns.
Junior Aviation Minister Mahesh Sharma told The Telegraph that government was exploring if the demand for "fast passage" through airports, made by these two "saints"could be met.
Both Ramdev and Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh have considerable clout at the BJP dispensation.
While Ramdev is part of the saffron establishment, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's Dera Sacha Soudha has sizable following in Haryana and Punjab. In the last Assembly election, he had asked his followers to vote for BJP in Haryana.
The Telegraph also quoted an aviation risk expert, who said entertaining no-frisk proposals was a bad idea.
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| Ram Dev and Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in no-frisk list at airports? |