Days after police registered a case against Lakshadweep filmmaker Aisha Sultana with charges of sedition and hate speech, at least 15 leaders and workers of BJP tendered their resignation from the party on Saturday to mark their protest.

The BJP leaders accused the party’s Lakshadweep chief C Abdul Khader Haji of filing a false and unjustified complaint against the “Chetlath sister”.

The leaders expressed their dissent and confirmed their resignation through a letter to Khader Haji.

In the letter signed by 15 leaders and workers, BJP’s Lakshadweep secretary Abdul Hameed Mullipuzha notified, “The BJP in Lakshadweep is fully aware of how the present Administrator Patel’s actions are anti-people, anti-democracy and causing extreme suffering among people.”

“You also know that several BJP leaders of Lakshadweep have already spoken on the various wrongdoings of the administrator and the district collector,” the letter read.

Backing Aisha Sultana, the leaders further said: “It’s just in the same manner, that Chetlat resident Aisha Sultana also shared her opinion in the media. Based on your complaint to the police, there has been a case registered against Aisha Sultana who, during a discussion, talked about from not having any Covid cases to rampant cases with the arrival of the present Administrator in Lakshadweep and his unscientific, irresponsible decisions.”

“You have filed a false and unjustified complaint against the Chetlath sister, and ruining her family and her future. We convey our strong objection and submit our primary membership from BJP,” they said.

Lakshadweep Police registers sedition case against filmmaker Aisha Sultana

Lakshadweep police registered a case against filmmaker Aisha Sultana with charges of sedition and hate speech on Thursday. The FIR was registered against the filmmaker on the complaint of BJP Lashadweep wing president C Abdul Khader Haji.

According to the complaint, Aisha Sultana during a news debate on a Malayalam channel alleged that the Centre had used COVID-19 as a “bio-weapon” against the people of Lakshadweep.

The case has been registered in the Kavaratti police station under Section 124A, 153B of IPC.

The FIR against Sultana comes at a time when there is an uproar against Lakshadweep administrator Praful Khoda Patel over the new reforms introduced by him, which people allege are against the interest of the islanders