As Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits landslide-affected areas in Wayanad, the Congress party took a jibe at him and said Modi should find time to visit violence-ridden Manipur as well.
The prime minister reached Wayanad on Saturday to review rescue and relief operations in the area. Appreciating Modi’s visit, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X, “It is good that the non-biological PM is in Wayanad today. It was a devastating tragedy. After this, He is scheduled to visit Ukraine to stop the war once again. Hopefully he will find the time and the inclination before then to also visit Manipur - which has been experiencing so much pain, anguish, and agony for over 15 months now.”
Ramesh said the Congress party has been demanding that the Centre should declare the Wayanad landslide as a national disaster. Earlier, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and former Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi appreciated Modi’s visit and said it would convince him to declare the incident as a national disaster. “Thank you, Modi ji, for visiting Wayanad to personally take stock of the terrible tragedy. This is a good decision. I am confident that once the Prime Minister sees the extent of the devastation firsthand, he will declare it a national disaster,” Gandhi had tweeted.
Modi reached Wayanad on Saturday and conducted an aerial survey of landslide-hit areas. He also travelled by road to Chooralmala, Mundakkai and Punchirimatam to see first-hand the devastation caused by the landslide. Modi also met with a few survivors at a relief camp in Wayanad.