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- Kerala Health Minister K Muraleedharan has rejected opposition allegations that relief camps facing floods are short of medicines, saying there is adequate stock and no complaints have been received.
- He accused the Opposition of politicising the disaster, including criticism of the Chief Minister attending a lunch programme and using a helicopter, which the minister defended as normal and for official purposes.
- He also said a medicine supply issue under the Karunya scheme was limited to one pharmacy and would be resolved by Tuesday.
- The exchange matters because it signals a political dispute over the government's handling of flood relief even as health measures continue in camps.
What to watch next
- Whether medicine shortages in relief camps are independently reported or confirmed
- Whether Karunya scheme medicine supply to the one pharmacy is restored by Tuesday
- Whether opposition criticism over the Chief Minister's lunch and helicopter use escalates
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