The controversy over India ceding the island of Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka in 1974 escalated on April 1 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged news reports on the issue for a second day and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar declaring that previous Congress governments had given away the rights of Indian fishermen in that area and were refusing to own responsibility for the same.
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Mr. Modi in a post on X, flagged a second news report on the issue that dealt with the DMK, under then Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi being in the know of the ceding of Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka. “Rhetoric aside, DMK has done NOTHING to safeguard Tamil Nadu’s interests. New details emerging on #Katchatheevu have UNMASKED the DMK’s double standards totally. Congress and DMK are family units. They only care that their own sons and daughters rise. They don’t care for anyone else. Their callousness on Katchatheevu has harmed the interests of our poor fishermen and fisherwomen in particular,” he said in his post.
