Opposition plans joint petition to President towards Lakshadweep admin Patel
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KOCHI: As protests develop towards the sweeping new guidelines on Lakshadweep, CPM has launched a transfer to carry all opposition events underneath a standard discussion board to submit a joint petition to President Ram Nath Kovind towards administrator Praful Khoda Patel.
An all-party assembly has been convened on Thursday to debate and chalk out the longer term course of motion towards the proposed new laws such because the ban on cow slaughter, ending serving of meat in mid-day meals and permitting liquor consumption on the island.
“We are planning to bring all opposition parties together and submit a joint petition to the President against the proposed new rules, which are against the interest of the people of Lakshadweep,” stated Elamaram Kareem, Rajya Sabha member and senior CPM chief.
In the all-party assembly, which can be held on-line, CPM and NCP leaders will take part. Local BJP leaders are additionally anticipated to attend the assembly, sources stated. The authorities functionaries primarily based in Lakshadweep, together with the collector and the advisor to the administrator, haven’t responded to the protests to date. On Thursday, Rahul Gandhi, Congress chief and Wayanad MP, joined the refrain of protestors to sentence the actions of administrator Patel. “Lakshadweep is India’s jewel in the ocean. The ignorant bigots in power are destroying it. I stand with the people of Lakshadweep,” Rahul tweeted.
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On Wednesday, Congress MPs from Kerala Hibi Eden and T N Prathapan led the protests exterior the workplace of Lakshadweep Administration in Kochi. “The Lakshadweep administrator is implementing the Sangh Parivar agenda on the island by painting everyone living there as terrorists. We demand the immediate recall of Praful Khoda Patel,” stated Hibi.
Both Hibi and Prathapan additionally met administrative officer Ankit Agarwal and expressed their robust protest towards the sweeping new guidelines on Lakshadweep. Filmmaker M A Nishad stated the Lakshadweep administrator was attempting to carry a “casino culture” on the gorgeous islands of Lakshadweep. “He (Praful Patel) is trying to serve the interests of big corporate houses, and implement a casino culture,” Nishad stated, including that the try is to “instil fear among the peace-loving people of the Lakshadweep islands”.
Samastha Kerala Sunni Students’ Federation (SKSSF) Lakshadweep committee has written to UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the United Nations Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues towards the actions of the brand new administrator of the islands.
Sathar Panthaloor and Nasih Okay Okay, SKSSF Kerala basic secretary and the organisation’s Lakshadweep unit basic secretary, respectively, stated the actions of Administrator Patel are a violation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007. In the letter, they stated the Lakshadweep Development Authority Regulation Act “is a clear violation of the rights of Scheduled Tribes enshrined in the Constitution and Article 7 and 8 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, to which India is a signatory”.
“(The people of the island) are on the verge of ethnic cleansing and there is a fear of internet shutdown. As (the country is) a signatory to the Declaration, the UN must ensure that India is (held) accountable for violating the rights of indigenous people,” the letter stated.The SKSSF, in a separate assertion, urged the Kerala authorities to cross a decision “against the anti-human actions” of the administrator. The assembly additionally determined to file a writ petition within the Kerala High Court on the problem.
PRESSURE ONCPM launches transfer to carry all opposition events underneath a standard forumAll-party meet, to be held on-line, to chalk out future plan of action towards the proposed new laws BJP leaders are additionally anticipated to attend the assembly
