THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The ruling and opposition parties have both expressed protest against the central government's decision to allocate only Rs 260.56 crore for the reconstruction of the Wayanad landslide area. Revenue Minister K Rajan said that the state government is strongly discontented with this. AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal responded that the central government's decision is political discrimination.

Minister Rajan said that the allocation of Rs 260.56 crore to Kerala, which had requested Rs 2221.03 crore to recover from the Wayanad disaster, was a great insult. “Kerala initially requested Rs 2221.03 crore as per the Centre’s instructions, as per the Post Disaster Need Assessment. After that, as per the Prime Minister’s instructions, Kerala again submitted a request to the Ce

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