Congress, UDF should pressure Kerala government to help Wayanad landslides victims, says Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi urges UDF to pressure Kerala government to aid Wayanad landslides victims, accuses PM Modi of discrimination.

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, who accompanied his sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi to Kerala after her maiden electoral victory, on Saturday (November 30, 2024) urged the party and UDF to pressure the state government to help the Wayanad landslides victims.

Mr. Gandhi, at a joint public meeting along with his sister at Mukkam in Kozhikode, began his speech by paying tribute to the victims of the landslides and said his party and the UDF are standing with the people who lost family members, property and suffered in the tragedy.

"Unfortunately, we are not in government and therefore, we cannot do what a government can do. So, I told my sister and (AICC general secretary) K C Venugopal that every member of the Congress and the UDF should put pressure on the government of Kerala to help the victims of the landslides," he said.

Mr. Gandhi also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of discriminating against the people of Wayanad, alleging that he was not willing to provide them the support which they were due.

The LoP in the Lok Sabha also attacked PM Modi claiming that he was treating industrialist Gautam Adani differently from the people of India even though the Constitution says everyone should be treated equally.

"PM Modi says it does not matter if Adani has been indicted in the US and called a criminal there, in India we will not indict him," Mr. Gandhiclaimed.

Earlier, after arriving at Karipur airport, Ms. Priyanka said, "I am happy to be back here and I am ready to start working and do whatever I can to help the people of Wayanad have a better future." After the joint public meeting at Mukkam in Thiruvambadi assembly constituency in Kozhikode, receptions will be held for her at Karulai in Nilambur, Wandoor, and Edavanna in Eranad, the party said.