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BJP Accuses Congress of Ignoring Wayanad After Landslide

Monday, July 13, 2026
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BJP Accuses Congress of Ignoring Wayanad After Landslide

The BJP hit out hard this Sunday. They accused the Congress leadership of totally ignoring Wayanad after that terrible landslide happened. They claimed the whole area was just a political pawn, something for their first family.

This accusation came straight from the national side. The spokesperson, CR Kesavan, aimed it squarely at Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the MP. He questioned why she wasn't even in the affected spot following the July 7 disaster near that Anakkampoyil-Meppadi tunnel site in Kerala’s Wayanad district.

Kesavan posted this stuff on X. He said Priyanka hadn't visited the area. Not to meet the families who lost everything. Just posting something online wasn't enough, he argued. No support extended to those victims or their relatives.

“Wayanad has just become nothing but a political pawn for the Congress first family,” Kesavan wrote. It was a sharp jab at neglect. He brought up Rahul Gandhi too. The implication there was clear. He linked it back to Rahul Gandhi’s time as Wayanad MP. Local people had often complained then, saying he wasn't paying attention. Rarely visiting.

It felt like a familiar pattern to the BJP side. They suggested that Rahul Gandhi had somehow hoodwinked Wayanad voters by moving on to contest from Rae Bareli after the Lok Sabha elections. And now this same kind of politics was apparently continuing under Priyanka Gandhi’s watch.

The timing felt heavy. This all happened as the death toll kept climbing. Eight bodies recovered on Sunday, the final person feared trapped under the debris finally found. That tragedy framed everything.

Where exactly did this mess happen? The landslide hit Kalladi. It was right near where construction is going on for that big infrastructure project the Anakkampoyil-Meppadi twin-tube tunnel. A massive effort to link Wayanad and Kozhikode. But the disaster showed how fragile everything felt there.

Search work went on for five days, and it just didn't end neatly. Vikram Rana, the last person missing, he wasn't found. Authorities finally started a huge search effort on Sunday. It pulled in everyone: NDRF , SOG , Fire services , the Rapid Response Team , Forest Department , even some youth volunteers. The search stopped once they got that last body recovered.

It’s all layered stuff. Political maneuvering mixed with real disaster. Wayanad felt like it was being used up, not cared for. And the missing person story just added another layer of loss on top of the political fallout.

Written by Gree News Team — Senior Editorial Board

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