Lakshadweep Administrator Praful Patel to reach Agatti on Monday
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Lakshadweep daylong hunger strike total , say protesters. Image Source: IANS News
Thiruvananthapuram, June 13 : Amidst the raging controversy over the modernisation of Lakshadweep, the Union Territory s Administrator, Praful Khoda Patel is set to reach the islands on Monday, and stay there till June 20.
The Save Lakshadweep Forum , an umbrella group of local activists and opposition politicians who have been in the forefront of agitations against the new reforms of the Administrator, have already announced that they would stage protest marches in the islands.
Ever since Patel, a former Gujarat Home Minister, assumed office as the Administrator, there have been concerted protests against his style of functioning with the opposition charging that he is bent on destroying the culture of the island, a charge denied by the Administrator s office.
Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the reforms in Lakshadweep alleging that the future of the people of the island is threatened as the administrator has unilaterally proposed sweeping .
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the reforms in Lakshadweep alleging that the future of the people of the island is threatened as the administrator has unilaterally proposed sweeping changes without duly consulting elected representatives.
LJD activists burn an effigy of Lakshadweep Administrator Praful Patel to protest against policy changes announced by him in Kozhikode.
NEW DELHI: Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the reforms in Lakshadweep alleging that the future of the people of the island is threatened as the administrator has unilaterally proposed sweeping changes without duly consulting elected representatives.
In a three-page letter to Modi on Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi said, Lakshadweep s pristine natural beauty and its unique confluence of cultures have drawn people for generations. The custodians of its heritage seek to safeguard the archipelago for posterity. However, their future is threatened by the anti-people policies announced by the administrator of Lakshadweep, Praful Khoda Patel. The administrator has unilaterally proposed sweeping changes without duly consulting elected representatives or the public. The people of Lakshadweep are pro
Drawing the PM s attention to the issues raised by Lakshadweep Lok Sabha MP Mohammed Faizal, Pawar expressed apprehensions that the new policies of the Administrator could disrupt the native community s way of life and demanded that these should be rescinded.