Praful Patel, administrator of Lakshadweep islands has proposed development for the island, with National Highway standard roads and the prospect of a future smart city. The law permits serving of alcohol, as to before only permitted at uninhabited Bangaram island with a ban on Anit-social activities. Patel compared it to Maldives and the future, the islands could have. The resistance was initiated with the ban of beef with hefty penalisation, disqualification of contenders for panchayat polls with more than two children and land acquisition. Amid heavy backlash from Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, LDF and Congress MPs and Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal PP against Patel’s autocratic style, Patel responded with these being drafts, and purpose of draft is to take suggestions from the concerned parties and MP Mohammed Faizal PP has not yet communicated his objections to him.
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