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New Delhi: The BJP is raising the Katchatheevu issue to divert attention from the "electoral bond scam", DMK said on Monday, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed Tamil Nadu's ruling party over the matter..
Reacting to external affairs minister S Jaishankar's allegation that DMK hadn't shown "responsibility on the issue, DMK spokesperson Saravanan Annadurai said the BJP government at the Centre hadn't done anything over the past 10 years to address the matter..
A day after slamming the Congress for giving away the island to Sri Lanka at the cost of Indian fishermen's interests, PM Modi today attacked Tamil Nadu's ruling party DMK, saying it did nothing to safeguard Tamil Nadu's interests. ..
Reacting to the remark, Congress leader Manickam Tagore said former PM Indira Gandhi had given away the island to save six lakh Tamils in Sri Lanka..
The government of India headed by Indira Gandhi signed an agreement called the Indira Gandhi-Sirimavo Bandaranaike agreement in that time to save 6 lakh Tamils and to save them this island was given to the Srilankan government..
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