A day before Haryana goes to vote, Dera Sacha Sauda chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment on two charges of rape, was released on his 11th parole in seven years. It is speculated that his release will influence the way in which large swathes of his followers, including women, will vote in these elections — something which the incumbent Haryana government certainly must have calculated.