Cancer is divine justice for sins committed: Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma


Guwahati, Nov 23 (Indian Express): Health, Education and Finance Minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that people suffer from life-threatening diseases such as cancer because of sins committed in the past. “Hinduism believes in karmic law and human suffering is linked to karmic deficiency in past life,” said Sarma.

“People cannot compensate for the sins that are committed against the Unseen. Many often wonder why a person has been afflicted by cancer, why a young man has been affected by cancer. But when you see the background, it will be found that it is divine justice, nothing else,” Sarma had said while distributing appointment letters to 248 school teachers at a function in Guwahati on Wednesday.

Calling on school teachers to work sincerely, Sarma wondered why the same teachers who work hard while employed at low wages in private schools do not work with the same zeal once they get government jobs with higher salaries. “That divine justice will always be there. We have to suffer the divine justice. Nobody can escape that,” he said.

“Things done in the past life, in this life, things (my) mother did, (my) father did, may be that this person had not done, but then his father had done something wrong. That divine justice will always be there,” Sarma said. While state Congress leader Debabrata Saikia called it an unfortunate remark that has hurt feelings of cancer patients and sought a public apology, AIUDF leader Aminul Islam said that the Health Minister was merely covering up for his failure to control the spread of cancer in Assam.

On Wednesday, former Union Minister P Chidambaram criticised Sarma: “‘Cancer is divine justice for sins’ says Assam Minister Sharma. That is what switching parties does to a person.” Sarma, who had quit Congress to join the BJP in 2015, countered on Twitter: “Sir, please do not distort. Simply I said that Hinduism believe in karmic law, and human sufferings are linked to karmic deficiency in past life.”

  

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  • shuba, Mumbai

    Thu, Nov 23 2017

    The comments made by such politicians show how illiterate they are. It is sad that such people are
    ruling the country.

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Bengaluru/Katapadi

    Thu, Nov 23 2017

    Then the politicians should have cancer effect first than others

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 23 2017

    ವಾ ಒಂಜಿ ಸಾವು ಮಾಹಾರಾಯರೆ ಮೆಕ್ಕಿಲ್ನ.

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  • Ahmed K.C., Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 23 2017

    SOME OF THE SIGNS RELATED TO THE END OF TIMES ACCORDING TO ISLAMIC SOURCES

    1. Bribery will become like a custom.
    2. Fools will be made rulers.
    3. Ministers of government will be liars.
    4. Good people will keep silent fearing others' foul speech
    5. Unworthy persons will meddle in affairs of state.
    6. The governors will consider the wealth of the people as their own .
    7. Government will be entrusted to those unworthy of it.

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  • Mohammed, Kundapur/Qatar

    Thu, Nov 23 2017

    all stupid ministers in bjpee??
    oh my god, please save india

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  • Mohammed, Kundapur/Qatar

    Thu, Nov 23 2017

    he mean to say that, modi, amith sha, he himself and most of bjp politicians are going to die by cancer??

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  • Hussain, Abu Dhabi

    Thu, Nov 23 2017

    Even hardcore bhakts wont approve this statement !!

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  • Peter, KSA

    Thu, Nov 23 2017

    This is a gross insult to cancer patients. Some one please sue him for Crores of rupees. If his statement is true, then every politician and their kin should have been cancer patients because every politician, except Mr. Kajeriwal is living evil devil. Bhakton, see the mentality of your sick leaders.

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  • Ahmed K.C., Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 23 2017

    Kya baat hai ?
    BaJaPa ne tho kaise kaise namoone palke rakkhe hain ?

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  • kas, Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 23 2017

    I wish all his family members are cancer patients ......

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  • Satya, Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 23 2017

    This is the quality of BJP leaders at the centre and in the states they rule.....................For the entire world to see. What a shame.

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  • Arvavind Shetty, Mangalore/Riyadh

    Thu, Nov 23 2017

    Oh God oh God...Ya Allah...Ya Bhagawan..no idea what this idiot saying. Is this our digital India???????? Mr Modi, pls have some word of your party's some foolish men tongue or at least take some action and pls pls do not take us back to stone age.
    Jai Hind..and off course Mera Bharat Mahan Hai because we still tolerating these kind of stupidity.

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  • Avinash, Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 23 2017

    With the same logic take bath in the Ganges and your sins shall wash away. Hence cancer will wash away. So eah doctors are fools in cancer hospital selling chocolates.
    Gobar in this guys skulls.

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  • Af,,, Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 23 2017

    Deva,Deva, Iska kopdi gum gayi hai re.

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  • munna a h, nitte karla.

    Thu, Nov 23 2017

    SICK PEOPLE...

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  • Jenifer, Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 23 2017

    "“Hinduism believes in karmic law and human suffering is linked to karmic deficiency in past life,” said Sarma."

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Thu, Nov 23 2017

    This is what happens when we elect idiots ✌👌👏👏👏
    Idiotic statement by a political cancer person who fled from Congress to BJP to become CM, but ultimately failed !

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  • Zuhair, Udupi/Muscat

    Thu, Nov 23 2017

    is the criteria to join BJP to sell your brains???

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  • Rajesh D, Manglore, Dubai

    Thu, Nov 23 2017

    There are many un-educated people like you in India who put only salt on wounds. If you are a man you would visit hospital and and house of cancer patient and counsel them, they do not need money they need only a few good words. Now what I feel is You really need counselling .

    Do not teach your funda to your children for God sake, they will teach to their children and the wrong message will go to generation to generations.

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