‘PM Modi gave clean-chit to China’: Chidambaram hits back at Jaishankar on Katchatheevu island row

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Katchatheevu island row: Ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union Government is trying to corner Congress on former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's 1974 decision to hand over Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka..

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram engaged in a war of words on Monday related to the historical aspects of the Katchatheevu island issue..

In a press conference after PM Modi's remarks on the Katchatheevu island issue, S Jaishankar read out the observations made by former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on the Katchatheevu island..

Former Home Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram reacted sharply to S Jaishankar's remark and mentioned a 2015 Right to Information (RTI) application where Narendra Modi-led government justified the circumstances under which India acknowledged that a small island belonged to Sri Lanka..

P Chidambaram didn't just stop at S Jaishankar and questioned why PM Modi raking up a 1974 Katchatheevu island issue while Chinese troops occupied 2,000 sq km of Indian territory..

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