felt across north India as well. In Punjab and Haryana, angry Sikhs took to the streets demanding the Dera chief be arrested. Sikh protesters also carried out protests on National Highway No 10 near Sirsa in Haryana which is the headquarters of Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. Police troops were rushed to the spot to prevent clashes between the Sikh community and followers of the Dera. In Jammu, agitators wielded swords, burnt his effigies, shouted slogans and blocked busy thoroughfares. In a show of supposed solidarity on the day following the communal north Indian protest, hundreds of Sikh protesters of Andhra Pradesh took out huge protest rally and burnt the effigies of controversial ‘fake’ guru of Dera. Despite the fact that the Protests have been called off byThe Product

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"Is this airing live?" Ledger asks one of the handful of publicists escorting him from stop to stop, the women who make the chauffeured Suburbans run on time. He turns away and asks,