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Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan connected Tuesday (February 10, 2026) claimed that the Congress took lone 4 months to get onshore for gathering houses for the Wayanad’s Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslide victims, portion the State authorities took a twelvemonth for the aforesaid purpose.
Mr. Satheesan said the enactment initially had nary plans to get land, arsenic it was to beryllium provided by the State government, to physique 100 houses. "However, the State government, astatine the past moment, informed america of its unwillingness to bash so, and truthful we had to get onshore connected our own," helium claimed portion speaking to reporters successful Wayanad.
He further said the enactment had acquired astir 3.5 acres of onshore and was successful the process of completing the registration of different parcel of onshore nearby. "Once that is completed, we volition clasp the instauration stone-laying ceremony, aft which operation volition commence. It took america lone 4 months to get land, portion the government, with each its paraphernalia, took a year. So wherever was the hold connected our part?" helium asked.
Mr. Satheesan besides said the Congress-led Karnataka authorities had provided funds to the Kerala authorities for constructing houses successful Wayanad, and that the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) — a cardinal constituent of the UDF Opposition — had already completed the operation of 52 houses, which would beryllium handed implicit to the beneficiaries soon. "We volition besides bash that," helium added.
At the aforesaid time, helium alleged that the State authorities had received ₹1,642 crore for helping the landslide victims, but was neither providing them with wealth for aesculapian attraction nor gathering a roadworthy oregon a span to the area.
"The mediocre radical are being victimised by the government, which has collected wealth successful their sanction and is holding connected to it. Nothing is being done for them. That is the problem," helium alleged.
Accuses govt of being ‘incompetent’
He further accused the State authorities of being "incompetent", stating that “it could not adjacent decently hole a database of those affected” by the landslides successful 3 wards.
During the property meet, Mr. Satheesan besides said the Left beforehand was "weakening", which was “evident from the differences” betwixt the CPI(M) and the CPI connected assorted issues, including the signing of the Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme.
"Team UDF, connected the different hand, stands united," helium added.
