- Sunday, March 09, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
Weeks after the incident of alleged human sacrifice of two women in the southern Indian state of Kerala surfaced, a state minister has said that the incident was the outcome of frustration caused by globalisation.
R Bindu, Kerala’s minister of higher education and social justice, also reportedly took a dig at Right-wing forces and claimed that some reactionary forces were trying to bring back hollow value systems and that also caused such horrific incidents.
Bindu said such incidents were taking place all over India but in Kerala, they quickly came to light as the state’s people are more alert.
A leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), she was quoted as saying by India Today, “You should not see it as something prevalent only in Kerala. As society here is more alert and vigilant, such instances are coming to light quickly here. In other states of the country where superstitious practices are rampant, no one even comes to know of such incidents happening there.”
“India is a country with deep-rooted superstitions and customs and the power of the same is increasing as some people are trying to bring back ancient customs and practices. Therefore, it is not confined to Kerala and across India we are now seeing an increase in the tendency to resort to violence and brutality. Some of it you are seeing in Kerala,” the minister said.
Kerala is India’s only Left-ruled state.
