Key Points
New Delhi: Reacting to Narendra Modi's onslaught against the Congress and its ally DMK over the Katchatheevu island row, former home minister P Chidambaram claimed that China has been occupying Indian territory but the Prime Minister gave a clean chit to the Xi Jinping-led country..
Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin claimed that by raising the island issue, PM Modi is employing a "diversionary" tactic.o)..
P Chidambaram, a Congress stalwart, questioned why the Prime Minister is raising an issue which was settled in 1974..
Meanwhile, reacting to MK Stalin's attack, BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla said the DMK and Congress colluded to hand over the island to Sri Lanka on a platter..
How the first family of the Congress party and the first family of the DMK together colluded, conspired and concealed the handing over of Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka on a platter, thereby compromising not just our national sovereignty and security, integrity but also putting lives and livelihood of lakhs of Tamil Nadu farmers in danger," he said..
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