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Karnataka Earmarks ₹10 Crore for Wayanad Landslide Relief as Opposition Alleges Favoritism

Siddaramaiah calls the assistance a humanitarian gesture consistent with cooperative federalism.

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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah in conversation with Dy CM DK Shivakumar and Home Minister G Parameshwara during Assembly monsoon session, in Bengaluru, on 19 August, 2025 | ANI
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Overview

  • Entered in the supplementary estimates, the ₹10 crore SDRF grant is meant to rehabilitate 100 families displaced by the July 2024 landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad.
  • The allocation prompted heated exchanges in the Karnataka Assembly, and the supplementary bill passed despite protests from the BJP.
  • Chief Minister Siddaramaiah defended the decision in the House, saying states should aid one another in crises and noting he announced such support when the calamity struck.
  • BJP leaders called the move a misuse of Karnataka taxpayers’ money and linked it to Wayanad being represented by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
  • Opposition members questioned relief disparities, citing ₹10 lakh per house for Wayanad under NDRF-linked norms versus roughly ₹95,000 per damaged house in Karnataka.