jaipur gurmeet ram rahim who was convicted in a rape case on friday received immense favours in rajasthan by the bjp ruled government extending largesse in lieu of his support to cleanliness drive in jaipur vasundhara raje government exempted his movies from entertainment tax et in the state all his films barring first two were waived off from paying entertainment tax in rajasthan one of the few states in the list in giving such exemption in october 2016 two days after the spiritual leader along with his thousands of supporters carried out a cleanliness drive in the city as part of swachh bharat his latest movie at that time was waived off from et rajasthan government blessing continues on rahims all films released after that with two of them was exempted from et in 2017 in doing so finance department overruled its own rules as per the provisions if the government finds any movie veneered with social message or showcasing rajasthan it can waive off the entertainment tax however officials failed to explain what social message the movie contains and maintained that it was a policy decision taken up by higher ups in the government moreover the same set of officials rejected rahims earlier requests for his first two moves to give same relief according to officials similar generosity was not extended for other movies that infact were falling the under the provisions from exemption from et according to rahims own admission his movies served its audiences romance apart from action and high drama and finally an amazing twist in the tale as for the social message his msg series was on story about a medieval warrior who fights for the honour of his land and the dignity of women dera sacha sauda chief though was found guilty of rape taken into judicial custody on fridayrahims clout was such in the state that chief minister along with the senior minister shared stage with convicted spiritual leader on many occasions in the state