The Lakshadweep administration has rejected the application sent by Kerala 8  LDF MPs of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) to visit Lakshadweep. In the past, United Democratic Front (UDF) parliamentarians were also denied permission to visit the island. The eight LDF MP’s namely Elamaram Kareem, V Sivadasan, AM Ariff, Binoy Viswam, MV Shreyams Kumar, K Somaprasad, Thomas Chazhikadan and John Brittas for entry permit to the Union Territory.

These MPs had approached the High Court of Kerala and sought directions for the disposal of your application for entry permit to the Lakshadweep Administration and has made a submission on June 29, 2021 before the High Court of Kerala that the high court.

The administration stated that as per the police report, the proposed visit may “activate local people, political parties/activists, social workers and people from different walks of life about the present opposition/agitation against the administration”. This can possibly result into outside public protest in the islands, it said.

There have been a series of protests in Lakshadweep against the rules by the new administrator. The Kerala Legislative Assembly has even passed a resolution in support of the people of Lakshadweep. Both fronts want their MPs to go to the islands and assess the situation by interacting with people there. This request has for now been rejected.

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