Bengaluru: The ruling Karnataka authorities’s determination to allocate Rs 10 crore for the rehabilitation of landslide victims in Kerala’s Wayanad, positioned on Karnataka’s border, has drawn heavy criticism from the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP).

On Monday, the Karnataka authorities tabled the third and closing instalment of the FY 2025–26 supplementary estimates, aggregating to Rs 14,767.89 crore. This included Rs 10 crore for the “rehabilitation of 100 households affected by landslides in Meppadi, Wayanad district”—the second time that funds had been allotted for this trigger. The primary Rs 10 crore was allotted in August 2025, and the whole dedication is now Rs 20 crore.

“There are issues with ingesting water within the state, potholes have shaped on the roads, and farmers are dying as a result of debt. But, what ethical compass do you possess to squander crores upon crores of Kannadigas’ cash for Kerala’s election gimmicks…,” Tejasvi Surya stated in a submit on X.

Ashoka stated that Siddaramaiah was giving “rehabilitation items” past state boundaries to Wayanad landslide victims in poll-bound Kerala on the behest of Priyanka Gandhi, the MP from the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency.

“Is Siddaramaiah the Chief Minister of Karnataka or Kerala? At a time when Karnataka is struggling to clear dues to contractors, pay rubbish administration companies, restore authorities colleges, and guarantee medicines in hospitals, the @INCKarnataka authorities has by some means discovered one other Rs 10 crore for Wayanad, the constituency represented by Smt Priyanka Gandhi Vadra,” Ashoka stated in a submit Tuesday.

The criticism comes amid Siddaramaiah’s feedback on the state’s monetary challenges, although the Karnataka Chief Minister frames the problem as a “struggle for rightful funds” from the central authorities.

Defending the allocation for Wayanad, Siddaramaiah earlier stated, “…tons of of individuals died. Ought to we not be humane? It’s our dharma and accountability to assist.”
The very best allocations within the whole supplementary estimates are for irrigation works, human-elephant battle mitigation, and expenditure on authorities programmes.

The landslide isn’t the primary pure calamity in Wayanad after which Siddaramaiah allotted aid funds, triggering a political slugfest.

In February 2023, after a 47-year-old farmer was trampled to loss of life by a wild elephant in Kerala’s Wayanad, Karnataka allotted Rs 15 lakh as compensation, triggering Opposition assaults. In August 2025, his household instructed ThePrint that they’d not obtained any cash, stating, “They stated they’d give the cash, however we later heard that the choice created controversy there.” Minister for Forest and Ecology Eshwar Khandre confirmed on the time that no compensation had been paid outdoors the state.

Siddaramaiah’s allocations for Wayanad elevate questions, for the reason that constituency is a Congress stronghold, the place Priyanka Gandhi changed Rahul Gandhi as MP in November 2024. However, it’s not solely Kerala; Karnataka has additionally allotted aid funds for Himachal Pradesh (2023), Gujarat (2001), and Maharashtra (2012, 2019, 2021) after pure disasters.

(Edited by Madhurita Goswami)

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