What is happening in Lakshadweep is heart-wrenching and a clear indication that Modi is taking a wrecking ball through EVERYTHING.
Here's a short history of the guy given the charge of wrecking #Lakshadweep, Praful Khoda Patel.
#SaveLakshadweep
Here's a short history of the guy given the charge of wrecking #Lakshadweep, Praful Khoda Patel.
#SaveLakshadweep
https://twitter.com/nramind/status/1397439517372477441
Prior to Amit Shah's arrest Modi inducted 4 ministers and Praful Patel received eight of Amit Shah's ten portfolios, including Home.
He lost the 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. After Modi became PM, Patel became Administrator of Daman, Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
He lost the 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. After Modi became PM, Patel became Administrator of Daman, Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
Praful Patel was one of the first politically appointed administrators in the history of the union territories. Such positions have commonly been held by Indian Administrative Service officers.
Talk about intent! 😒
Talk about intent! 😒
His misdemeanors since then:
The election commission reprimanded Patel for having issued a "coercive" request to @naukarshah, the then collector for Dadra & Nagar Haveli in an act of political vengeance. Gopinath was replaced as the collector.
The election commission reprimanded Patel for having issued a "coercive" request to @naukarshah, the then collector for Dadra & Nagar Haveli in an act of political vengeance. Gopinath was replaced as the collector.
Adivasi fishermen who owned land in Daman received official-looking documents instructing the confiscation of their land and demolition of homes to make way for development.
Few were rehoused whilst most languished traumatised & homeless near the rubble of their razed homes.
Few were rehoused whilst most languished traumatised & homeless near the rubble of their razed homes.
Tribal rights advocate & Lok Sabha MP Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar hanged himself at Hotel Sea Green on 22 Feb 2021 leaving a suicide note. The note held politicians & administrative officials responsible for "injustice", "insult" & "bias" meted out to him & named Praful Patel.
Following his appointment as the Administrator of Lakshadweep in December 2020, Patel abolished mandatory quarantine for those entering the territory, leading to 6,847 COVID-19 cases by 24 May 2021 in an area that was COVID free till then.
The administration instructed port authorities to cut ties with Beypore and Cochin in Kerala and divert all maritime exchanges to New Mangalore Port. All dairy farms on the islands were ordered shut, cattle to be auctioned off, and diary products to be imported from Amul, Gujarat
Patel's administration also lifted alcohol restrictions, and banned beef in the Muslim-majority territory, and removed meat from the school Midday Meal Scheme in pursuit of its Hindutva agenda. Patel's administration also demolished fishermen's coastal sheds.
So this was a short bio of Praful Khoda Patel, wrecker of one of the last pristine pieces of land left in India, the UT of #Lakshadweep.
Parliament is as good as dead. Democracy is heaving in its last breaths. The cry for #SaveLakshadweep is very real.
Parliament is as good as dead. Democracy is heaving in its last breaths. The cry for #SaveLakshadweep is very real.
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