The Indian Youth Congress has accused the Lakshadweep Administration of not putting in place adequate transportation facilities for the return of residents of the archipelago in time for polling to the Lakshadweep Parliament constituency scheduled for April 19.
Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, M. Ali Akbar, State president of the Youth Congress, Lakshadweep, complained that around 700 residents, mostly from Androth and Minicoy islands, were stranded in various parts of Kerala and outside after not being able to secure tickets to get back in time for exercising their democratic right of voting.
Nearly, 3,500 people from Lakshadweep are in Kerala and outside for studying, medical treatment and other purposes. “Of this, 700 could not yet manage to get tickets. We had submitted their list to the electoral officer in Lakshadweep and the Port department, but to no avail,” said Mr. Akbar.
