Self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh has been convicted of rape and sentenced to two decades in prison. Search operations are under way at the headquarters of his organisation, the Dera Sacha Sauda. On this episode of Person of Interest, we ask: Why do political parties patronise godmen? What explains the proximity of babas to the powers that be? Join senior journalists HK Dua and N Ram, and sociologist Amrit Srinivasan, for this episode of Person of Interest.

Source: India Today September 09, 2017 19:07 UTC