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K.C. Venugopal, MP, and All India Congress Committee wide caput (organisation), has accused the Union authorities of discriminating against Kerala by denying the funds it had demanded for the reconstruction of landslide-hit Wayanad.
In a property release, the Congress MP pointed retired that though Kerala had sought a bundle of ₹2,219 crore, the Centre allocated lone ₹260.56 crore. However, Maharashtra was allocated ₹1,492 crore successful 2024 and Assam received ₹1,270 crore this twelvemonth for flood alleviation works.
Claiming that though the radical of Wayanad looked up to the sojourn of Prime Minister Narendra Modi aft the catastrophe with hope, it turned retired to beryllium “a photoshoot managed by PR agencies.” Though Mr. Modi “shed crocodile tears” earlier the camera, helium wholly ignored Kerala’s request thereafter, helium said.
Mr. Venugopal asked the Union Ministers from the State [George Kurian and Suresh Gopi] to clarify if they concurred with this approach.
They should marque their basal wide if they bash not person immoderate involvement successful addressing the needs of the calamity-hit people, who were being ignored and marginalised, helium said.
The Congress person besides asked if they would enactment towards changing the basal of the Union government.
Referring to the ‘Kalungu’ unfastened statement bid being held by Mr. Gopi successful assorted parts of Kerala, Mr. Venugopal wondered if the Union Minister was consenting to behaviour a akin lawsuit successful the landslide-hit regions of Wayanad.
The Congress person alleged that the Modi government’s argumentation was to “politically and economically destroy” the radical of Kerala, who person not subscribed to the ideology of the BJP arsenic yet. The Centre was economically strangulating State governments whose governmental ideology was opposed to it, helium said.
Mr. Venugopal besides alleged that the “mental authorities of the Union authorities was specified that it did not adjacent see the radical of specified States arsenic quality beings.”
