Overview

• Heavy monsoon rains and landslides have damaged crops, homes and roads across Malnad and Kalyana Karnataka, including Belagavi, Vijayapura, Raichur, Bidar and Kalaburagi.
• BJP teams led by R. Ashok toured affected areas and accused the Congress government of neglect and diverting disaster funds to welfare guarantees, allegations the government disputes.
• Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said no National Disaster Response Fund grants were used for guarantees and framed leadership-speculation as an internal Congress matter.
• JD(S) chief H. D. Deve Gowda reaffirmed his party’s alliance with the BJP for all elections and gave the state 48 hours to publish comprehensive relief details, pledging a tour and a report to the prime minister.
• A contractors’ association letter alleging 80% commissions and BJP assertions of severe farm distress, including unverified suicide figures, have intensified calls for higher compensation and accountability.