Change necessary for tourism boost, says BJP’s in-charge for Lakshadweep and party vice-president A.P. Abdullakutty. The BJP’s in-charge for Lakshadweep and party vice-president A.P. Abdullakutty on Friday said the changes being pushed by the Union Territory’s Administrator, Praful K. Patel, were for the “development” of the islands as a tourist hub, and that reports of a split in the local BJP over the issue were exaggerated. “There is no split. There are some who are pushing the agenda of some mainlanders whereas the local leaders of the party are united,” he said. The BJP has been facing internal backlash after Mr. Patel proposed a series of actions which he claimed were for the development of the islands but which have been opposed by local representatives as doing lasting damage to ecologically sensitive archipelago.