Wayanad landslides: Congress strikes privilege movement towards Amit Shah for ‘prior warning’ to Kerala comment | India Information

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Friday moved a a privilege movement towards Union residence minister Amit Shah for his “gave prior warning to Kerala” comment in Rajya Sabha on Wayanad landslides.
Accusing Amit Shah of “deceptive the Rajya Sabha”, the Congress MP within the letter to the chairman stated, “In his response to a Calling Consideration on the Wayanad landslides within the Rajya Sabha on July 31, 2024, the Union Dwelling Minister made a number of claims on early warning techniques and the way they weren’t utilized by the Kerala authorities regardless of alerts issued by the Union Authorities effectively forward of the tragedy.These claims have been extensively fact-checked within the media.”
“It’s clear that the Union Dwelling Minister misled the Rajya Sabha by his emphatic statements on early warnings issued by the Union authorities which have been confirmed to be false. It’s effectively established that deceptive the Home by a Minister or a Member constitutes a breach of privilege and contempt of the Home,” the Congress MP wrote.
“Below these circumstances, we submit that privilege proceedings could also be initiated towards the Union Dwelling Minister on this matter,” the letter learn.

What Amit Shah stated in Rajya Sabha

Union residence minister Amit Shah on Wednesday blamed the Kerala authorities for its delayed response to early warning techniques concerning potential landslides in state, attributing the foremost losses to their lack of immediate motion. Shah highlighted that on July 23, 9 groups from the Nationwide Catastrophe Response Pressure have been dispatched to Kerala following the early warning.
“”An early warning was given to Kerala govt on July 23 and once more on July 24. Earlier, a number of states, together with Odisha and Gujarat used the Centre’s early warning system to restrict damages,” he stated in Rajya Sabha.
“Below this early warning system, on July 23, at my course, 9 NDRF groups have been despatched to Kerala contemplating that there could possibly be landslides… What did the Kerala authorities do? Had been the folks shifted? And in the event that they have been shifted then how did they die?” he requested.
“Wayanad losses might have been minimised had Kerala govt develop into alert following arrival of NDRF groups,” he stated.
Over 300 folks have misplaced their lives within the lethal landslides as rescue operations proceed.

Kerala CM Vijayan counters Shah

In response to Amit Shah’s comment, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan hit out at Centre, saying it was not the time for blame sport.
Kerala CM additional acknowledged that the media supplies correct warnings and that climate notifications are at all times taken critically within the state.
“Media supplies correct warnings, and climate alerts are at all times taken critically within the state. This isn’t the time for mutual accusations. The details are clear to everybody. An orange alert was in place within the space the place the catastrophe occurred. Within the first 24 hours, 200 millimetres of rain fell. Within the subsequent 24 hours, 372 millimetres of rain fell. A complete of 572 millimetres of rain was recorded over 48 hours exceeding the warning ranges,” the CM stated.
Vijayan additionally highlighted that no crimson alert was issued for the realm previous to the catastrophe. “A crimson alert was solely issued at 6 am on the day of the catastrophe. The crimson alert was issued solely after the landslide occurred. The extreme climate warning and crimson alert got on the morning of July 30, after the landslide. The Central Water Fee didn’t subject any flood warnings for the Punnappra River or Chaliyar River from July 23-29. That is the actual fact, the statements made in Parliament have been factually incorrect,” the Kerala chief minister stated.