Actor Prithviraj, footballer Vineeth come ahead to help ‘Save Lakshadweep’ marketing campaign

Express News Service
KOCHI: Prominent personalities from Kerala together with actor Prithviraj and footballers C Okay Vineeth have come ahead to help the ‘Save Lakshadweep’ marketing campaign in opposition to the brand new regulation reforms launched by Administrator Praful Patel together with stopping colleges from serving non-vegetarian meals of their canteens and destroying sheds and native establishments set as much as assist the fishing neighborhood within the island.

A day after politician V T Balram got here up with a Facebook submit in help of the Lakshadweep islanders, who’re protesting in opposition to the ‘reforms’, actor Prithviraj, whose tremendous hit film ‘Anarkali’ was shot in Lakshadweep, took to Twitter and Facebook to precise his solidarity with the islanders.

“For the last few days, I’ve been getting desperate messages from people I know and do not know from these islands, requesting and sometimes even pleading for me to do what I can to bring public attention to what is going on there. I’m not going to go on and write an essay about the islands and why the new administrator’s “reforms” seem completely bizarre. All such material should by now be easily available online for those of you interested in reading about it,” Prithviraj stated.

“What I do know for sure though, is that none of the islanders I know, or none of those who’ve spoken to me are happy with what’s happening. I strongly believe that any law, reform or amendment should never be for the land, but the people of the land. It’s never the geographical or political boundary that makes a country, state or union territory but the people who live there. How does disrupting the way of life of a centuries-old peaceful settlement become an acceptable means of progress? How will threatening the balance of a very delicate island ecosystem with no regard for the potential consequences pave the way for sustainable development?” the actor stated.  

Footballer Vineeth, in a sequence of tweets, stated ever for the reason that loss of life of Dinesh Sharma, the previous Administrator of Lakshadweep, and the Modi authorities’s appointment of Praful Khoda Patel as his successor, “it has been one problem after another for the people of Lakshadweep”.

First, the Administrator arrived there with “little care” for Covid tips, he stated. “He (Patel) scrapped many of the rules they had in place to avoid the virus, and now they have to deal with the pandemic just like any other state,” Vineeth stated, including that the Administrator additionally destroyed many sheds and native establishments there, which have been set as much as assist the fishing neighborhood.

“Then, for a city that has a very little number of vehicles, he wants to widen the roads and bring down several houses that are in the way,” the footballer stated, including that the transfer to cease serving non-vegetarian meals at school canteens was “extremely unfair” because the island is a predominantly Muslim neighborhood. “Why change what isn’t broken?” he requested.

Prithviraj, in his submit, stated he has religion in our system and much more religion in our folks. “When an entire community is unhappy with decisions taken by a nominated authority, upon whose posting the people there had no say, and they vociferously bring it to the attention of the world and their government, I would like to think there is no way other than act on it. So please, to whomsoever it may concern, do listen to the voice of the people of Lakshadweep, trust them to know what is better for their land. It’s one of the most beautiful places on earth, with even more beautiful people living there,” he stated.

Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha MP, CPMs Elamaram Kareem has written to President Ram Nath Kovind, requesting him to urgently name again Lakshadweep Administrator Praful Patel for his “anti-people” orders. In his letter, Kareem stated Patel’s sole goal is to destroy the normal life and tradition of the Lakshadweep.

Earlier, it was Balram, former MLA of the Congress, who posted in regards to the unhappy state of affairs on the island on Facebook on Sunday. “At a time when the freedom and culture of the Lakshadweep islanders are being questioned, it is Kerala’s responsibility to guard those people, who are solely depending on our state for most of their necessities including health, education and livelihood,” stated Balram.