Express News Service
KOZHIKODE: People s representatives, leaders of Muslim organisations and political parties have joined a ‘Save Lakshadweep’ campaign, raising objection to the alleged “move to impose the RSS agenda on the island”.They have lashed out at Administrator Praful Khoda Patel, who was the minister of state for home in Gujarat when Narendra Modi was the chief minister, for “trying to destroy the culture of the island” with his arbitrary decisions.
The BJP, on its part, termed the campaign as the handiwork of the vested interest groups to create communal rift in the society. Party state president K Surendran tweeted that the campaign is supported by “radical Islamist organisations”. “The Union Territory of Lakshadweep is an integral part of India. Condemn the move by CPI (M) and INC to portray it as a separate entity,” he said.