Nationalist Congress Party leader and Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal on Monday said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah had assured him that...
Nationalist Congress Party leader and Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal on Monday said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah had assured him that local representatives will be consulted before the draft laws are implemented in the Union Territory, reported PTI.
The Union Territory’s Administrator Praful Khoda Patel, a Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Gujarat home minister, is facing backlash after he introduced a slew of regulations in the first five months of his tenure, triggering a massive outcry among Opposition parties, who have also called for his removal.
The new regulations include a proposed cow slaughter ban, a preventive detention law in the Union Territory – which has one of the lowest crime rates in the country – and a draft law proposing sweeping changes in land development regulations.
On Monday, Faizal said: “He [Shah] has assured that whatever laws that are under the consideration, they will be sent to Lakshadweep where they will be consulted with the local representatives in the district panchayat. People’s consent will be taken into consideration before they are finalised.”
Lakshadweep residents have objected to two draft laws – the Lakshadweep Development Authority Regulation and the Lakshadweep Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Regulation. The first draft legislation is to help in overseeing the development of...
