Astrologers and tantriks keep august company

Godmen have always have had tremendous influence on politicians and we regularly hear of auspicious moments that the learned ones define for politicians for filing nominations, for casting the vote or for assuming office or for expansion of cabinet. In India, our actions are termed as God's wish and, we love to pray to the Almighty to shower His blessings on us mortals.
It is, therefore, quite in keeping with trends that our Prime Minister had shown his palm to a renowned astrologist.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 2 November 2015.

The astrologer had, apparently, been impressed by the palm in front of him and felt that the owner of the palm was endowed with great strength and had a more influential personality as compared to previous prime ministers. However, his personal strength was offset by the weakness of his party.
In this connection, another recent revelation is relevant. That was about the links between a tantrik and a senior leader of Bihar.
Obviously, the leaders are not fully confident of their ability to win over the voters by normal methods and, hence, rely on the supernatural powers to smoothen the path. It is a sure sign of lack of confidence.

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Tantriks are those who practice black magic for which they need human body parts and hospitals in Uttar Pradesh are sources for these nefarious activities. This has come to light tanks to a sting operation carried out by a team of anti-corruption activists.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 5 July 2015.

As per the revelations, hospital workers in morgues sell the body parts to tantriks who perform black magic. The workers assist the doctors in the post mortems and then go about their activities. The most sought after organs are the liver and the heart.
A cost of a liver can be in the region of Rs 5,000 while a heart could go for around Rs 20,000.
The authorities have now issued strict instructions that no human body must be opened or closed for post-mortem unless police and doctors are present.
It is unethical and illegal because there are procedures involved and consent of the family has to be taken when an organ is removed from a body, usually for transplantation.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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