BJP-led Centre doing 'favouritism' while distributing flood-related funds to states: Cong

The Congress on Sunday alleged that the BJP government at the Centre was indulging in "favouritism" while distributing flood-related funds among states.

The Centre released Rs 3,000 crore as relief package to Kerala, which witnessed Rs 10,000 crore losses due to floods last year, Congress national spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill claimed.

"The BJP is indulging in politics of favouritism, partisanship even while distributing funds to flood-affected states," he alleged.

Uttar Pradesh, where there were no floods, was given Rs 200 crore last year as flood-related funds while Assam got just Rs 250 crore even though it is affected by floods year after year, the Congress leader said.

The northeastern state has demanded for more than Rs 3,000 crore as funds, he claimed.

"After having witnessed an estimated Rs 10,000 crore loss due to floods last year, the central government has merely released Rs 3,000 crore as relief package for last year's loss to Kerala," Shergill said, adding the prime minister should provide required assistance to the state and "shun politics of favouritism."
The Congress on Saturday had demanded that "the central government should declare that the current flood situation in the country as 'national disaster', 'national calamity' or 'calamity of severe nature'."