BJP's K Surendran criticized Karnataka Congress for delays in tracing driver Arjun and his truck after an Ankola landslide, criticized ‘children of soil policy’ affecting 30 lakh Keralites, and announced protests on July 24 in Thiruvananthapuram. He condemned police, fire force negligence, private sector reservation, NDA meeting, and CPM attacks on SNDP, and Hindu organizations.