Aisha had, during a news debate on a regional channel, critiqued the administrator Praful Patel’s decisions which have led to a spike in COVID-19 and remarked that the Centre had used a “bio-weapon” against Lakshadweep.
Lakshadweep filmmaker Aisha Sultana on Monday moved the Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail in the case registered against her on charges of sedition.
Aisha had, during a news debate on a regional channel, critiqued the administrator Praful Patel’s decisions which have led to a spike in COVID-19 and remarked that the Centre had used a “bio-weapon” against Lakshadweep.
“Lakshadweep had zero cases of COVID-19. Now it is reporting a daily spike of 100 cases. What the Centre has deployed is a bioweapon. I can say this clearly that the central government has deployed bioweapon,” she had said on a Malayalam TV debate earlier this week.
Following her remarks, a local BJP leader filed an FIR against Aisha Sultana on grounds of sedition and hate speech. This was met with wide condemnation from mainland Kerala which objected to the registration of case.
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The Kerala Assembly has also recently passed a unanimous resolution demanding that the new Administrator be recalled.
The Union government and Lakshadweep administration have been facing severe flak for introducing controversial regulations after the new Administrator Praful Patel took charge last year. From not allowing individuals who have more than two children to participate in panchayat elections to reforms that will give the administration blatant control over private property, protests are still going on against the slew of regulations and proposals.
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