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The DMK on Sunday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accusing the Congress of "callously" handing over the Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka in 1974..
"Startling that the Prime Minister's eyes have been opened by a news article based on an RTI query filed by his party person and information provided by his government on an issue that is nearly 50 years old!.
"Either way, this is a woeful and outdated political campaign issue," he said.. PM Modi, citing a media report, accused the Congress of "weakening" the country's integrity and interests by "callously" handing over the Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka in 1974..
His response came after a Right To Information (RTI) report revealed how the Congress government led by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi handed over the key island to the neighbouring country...
The report is based on an RTI reply Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai received on the decision of the then Indira Gandhi government in 1974 to hand over the territory in Palk Strait to the neighbouring country...
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