Slamming the aid announced by PM Modi Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that the financial assistance of Rs 500 crore is “nowhere near enough” and demanded that the calamity is declared a “national disaster”.
The relief fund was sanctioned on Saturday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted a high-level meeting with CM Pinarayi Vijayan and other officials.
The party declared that all its elected representatives will contribute one month’s salary for flood relief and accused Modi government of “playing politics” on the issue.
Hours after PM Modi sanctioned Rs. 500 crore to the flood-battered state, apart from Rs. 100 crore announced earlier by the centre on August 12, Mr. Gandhi said that the centre should not vacillate as the people were suffering.
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“Dear PM, increasing funds allocated for Kerala relief to Rs. 500 crore is a good step but nowhere near enough. It is critical you declare the floods as a National Disaster. Please do not vacillate as the people of Kerala are suffering,” Mr. Gandhi said in a tweet.
Mr. Gandhi had earlier in the day urged the Prime Minister to immediately declare the floods in Kerala as a national disaster. The decision to donate a month’s salary was taken at a meeting of Congress general secretaries, party in-charges of states, legislative party leaders and state unit chiefs, which was presided over by party chief Rahul Gandhi.
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