By the way sir when did you rejoin @INCIndia ? As per as I know you were in Tamil Maanila Congress. Privileged peop… https://t.co/CIweM8Qsqa — Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) 1511414339000

'Cancer is divine justice for sins' says Assam Minister Sharma. That is what switching parties does to a person. — P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) 1511360689000

Sir, please do not distort. Simply I said that Hinduism believe in karmic law and human sufferings are linked to k… https://t.co/t2aoqvde1a — Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) 1511366576000

NEW DELHI: BJP leader Hemanta Biswa Sarma who yesterday defended his comment, " cancer is divine justice for one's sins", said today that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's dog 'Pidi' "likes privileged people" so he must like Congress leader P Chidambaram .This was Sarma's second reaction to Chidambaram's criticism of his cancer comment. After having defended his comment yesterday, Sarma again took to Twitter today to insult Chidambaram. Sarma was referring to the Congress vice president saying in a tweet last month, in a lighter vein, that his dog Pidi tweeted for him. At that time too, Sarma commented about Pidi.Sarma was referring to the Congress vice president saying in a tweet last month, in a lighter vein, that his dog Pidi tweeted for him. At that time too, Sarma commented about Pidi.Chidamabaram yesterday had said that switching parties makes people say things like cancer is "divine retribution". Sarma used to be with Chidambaram's Congress party. He switched affiliations in August 2015 and joined the BJP, ahead of Assembly polls in Assam in August 2016. Sarma's opportunistic switch was what Chidambaram was referencing in his tweet.Here's what Sarma said exactly yesterday at an event with teachers:"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 reacted to Chidambaram's tweet saying his comments were being distorted and that he was only talking about "karmic law" in Hinduism.Not only did the saffron party leader defend himself, he also suggested that it wasn't possible to "discuss Hindu philosophy" in Chidambaram's (political) party, the Congress."Of course in your party I do not know whether Hindu philosophy can be discussed at all," tweeted Sarma.When someone on Twitter pointed out to Sarma that their father had died of cancer and that they saw nothing "karmic" in the tragedy, Sarma again defended his comment and added this father also died of cancer.When another person on Twitter said Sarma's comment was probably the most ridiculous thing they had heard all day, Sarma claimed they were "belittling Hindu philosophy".All he was doing, said Sarma, was "quoting Bhagavadgita (sic) before a new batch of teachers" to encourage them to teach better."I do not know from when quoting Hindu philosophy to inspire a batch of teachers suddenly become a sin in this country," said Sarna in another tweet.After vigorously defending his comment over several tweets, Sarma ended his tweet-storm denying he ever connected cancer with sin. Then he said, "science can not (sic) promote human value.religion might ".