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New Delhi: Katchatheevu, a 285-acre uninhabited isle in the Palk Strait, returned to the national political discourse after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi cited new facts to criticise the then Congress government for ceding the isle to Sri Lanka through maritime agreements in 1974-76...
New facts reveal how Congress callously gave away Katchatheevu, Modi wrote earlier Sunday in a post on X, referring to a report published in the Times of India which cites documents obtained by Tamil Nadu BJP chief K..
It is a part of Congress work culture to give up Indian territory given the slightest opportunity. The RTI reply to @BJP4TamilNadu President @annamalai_k Ji reveals a shocking saga of deliberate negligence which led to..
Cited by BJP leaders to attack the Congress ahead of the general election, the TOI report published Sunday relies on official documents and records of Parliament accessed by Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai through an RTI application...
Krishna Rao in 1960 observed that Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) had a more substantial claim to the isle, though India too had a good legal case.. It goes on to add that the Opposition tried to corner the Indira Gandhi-led government over the issue during a discussion in Parliament in 1968 and again in 1969..
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