KOCHI:
PP Mohammed Hashim
, former general secretary of the
Yuva Morcha
in
Lakshadweep
who
resigned
from the party recently, said that more members of the party in the islands were contacting him, expressing their wish to sever ties with the party. He along with eight other leaders of the party had resigned from the party membership on Monday, protesting the decisions of the new island administration.
Hashim said that the statements from
BJP leaders in
Kerala against Lakshadweep hurt them the most. “We joined the BJP with the intention of bringing development to the islands. But what is going on here now is plain autocratic governance by the
administrator
. He doesn’t listen to anyone and forces his orders on us. We decided to quit as the administrator’s rule is disrupting the life of the islanders,” said Hashim.
He said that the party’s Kerala leadership was commenting without consulting with the Lakshadweep wing of the party. “A senior leader from Kerala said before the media that terrorist activities and drug trafficking was going on in Lakshadweep. They are planning to put blame on the islanders even for seizure of contraband from boats in the sea, several nautical miles away from the island. We decided to quit as we couldn’t stand such false narratives against our islands,” said Hashim.
Besides Hashim, former state vice-president MC Muthukoya, former state treasurer B Shukoor, former unit president MI Mohammed, members PP Jamhar, Anwar Hussain, Afsal N and Ramees N had tendered their resignations.