Kerala High Court Questions Centre’s Bias in Disaster Relief Allocation

The Kerala High Court has criticised the Union government for refusing to waive the loans of survivors of the devastating Wayanad landslides, citing the Centre’s past disaster relief to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states as evidence of selective treatment. The criticism appears to question whether the Union government is applying its powers to distribute financial relief in a politically biased and arbitrary manner, rather than upholding the neutrality expected in a federal system.