Ghosts responsible for farmer suicides: MP government
Madhya Pradesh’s home minister has held ghosts and evil spirits responsible for farmer suicides in the state and not poverty due to crop failure.
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According to Hindustan Times, Bhupinder Singh has stated ‘demonic possession’ as a reason for deaths of two out of 418 farmers in Madhya Pradesh’s Sephore district. The minister said that they conducted a survey in the district to find out the reasons for the suicides and surprisingly he didn’t mention crop failure in his list.
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Singh said in the assembly: "In our survey, we did not find any family saying that the farmers concerned had committed suicide due to crop failure-induced economic stress."However he found it very important to point out that two farmers were driven by evil spirits to commit suicide.
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This claim of the minister spurred criticism from the opposition party with Congress MLA Shailendra Patel asking “Does this mean the state government believes in ghosts and superstition?"
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Opposition MLA Jitu Patwari also said that given Singh's statement, the MP government must officially recognise the existence of ghosts.
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