India, July 13 -- The BJP on Sunday criticised Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for their absence from Wayanad, where a landslide left eight people dead, alleging that they are "part-time politicians" who have used the constituency for their political survival.

The landslide occurred on July 7 at the site of the Anakkampoyil-Meppadi twin-tube tunnel project, which is intended to connect Wayanad and Kozhikode districts.

BJP national spokesperson Tuhin Sinha accused Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the current MP from Wayanad, and Rahul Gandhi, who represented the Lok Sabha seat earlier, of failing to reach out to the affected families.

"They are merely political tourists. Apart from a single condolence post on social media,...