Topic: Lakshadweep

Filmmaker Aisha Sultana, who is facing a sedition charge over her "bio-weapon" remark against Lakshadweep administrator Praful K Patel, appeared before the Lakshadweep Police Sunday.

Almost all of the islanders have observed June 14 as black day from 6 AM to 6 PM protesting the administrator’s first visit since he proposed the draconian regulations in the archipelago

At least 50 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members in Lakshadweep, including the general secretary, have submitted their resignation Since May protesting the Union Territory administration’s undemocratic reforms and draconian regulations and the saffron party’s response in dealing with the islanders' concern.

Communist Party of India (CPI) MP Binoy Viswam has filed a breach of privilege motion against the Lakshadweep Administrator Praful K. Patel for denying him permission to visit the islands, preventing him from meeting his party workers and people of the island amidst growing protest against the draconian policies of the new administrator.

In the wake of criticisms against Lakshadweep Union Territory administrator Praful Khoda Patel and contentious regulations on the islands, the Kavaratti Police registered a case of sedition on Thursday against Aisha Sultana, a filmmaker and actor from island and one of the dissenters at the helm of the protests over her remarks against Patel's mismanagement of COVID-19 pandemic in the islands.

On this environment day, Farook College Island Students’ Association ( FISA), a collective of Lakshadweep students studying in Farook College in Kerala'a Kozhikode district, organised a webinar titled ‘Mannu, Manushyan, Adhikaram’ (translates to Land, People, Power) to extend its support for Lakshadweep people who are protesting against the draconian regulations proposed by current UT administrator Praful K Patel.