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P Chidambaram hits out at Himanta Biswa Sarma over cancer is ‘divine justice’ comment

File Picture Courtesy : newindianexpress.com

File Picture Courtesy : newindianexpress.com

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has strongly denounced Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his remarks that some people suffer from life-threatening diseases because of sins committed in the past, saying “that is what switching parties does to a person”.

Sarma, who was with the Congress earlier, had last year switched over to the BJP.

At a function organised for distribution of appointment letters to teachers in Guwahati , Sarma according to report by PTI, had said, “God makes us suffer when we sin. Sometimes we come across young men getting inflicted with cancer or young men meeting with accidents. If you observe the background you will come to know that it’s divine justice. Nothing else. We have to suffer that divine justice.”

Sarma has emphasised that he did not say sin causes cancer, tweeting,

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