Thiruvananthapuram, July 13 -- BJP leader V Muraleedharan on Monday slammed Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi over their alleged absence from Wayanad in Kerala after landslides killed eight people and termed them as "tourists".

Priyanka Gandhi represents the Wayanad constituency in the Lower House of Parliament.

The landslide struck on July 7 near the tunnel construction site at Kalladi in Meppadi Grama Panchayat, burying a large portion of the worksite under an estimated 7 to 10 feet of debris.

He also accused the former Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, of approving the tunnel in "violation" of the conditions of the Union Government.

"They are not in politics to serve the people; they...