Faith in a higher power

Punjab minister for rural development and panchayat Surjit Singh Rakhra on Wednesday ascribed farmer suicides in the state to "God's will". Last year, Rakhra, then Punjab's higher education minister, had held God responsible for the death of teenager Arshdeep Kaur, who was allegedly pushed out of a bus owned by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal's Orbit Aviation. And though he spoke on television and his statements were broadcast widely, the minister later denied having ever made that statement. Let's see how long before he changes his statement this time around.