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New Delhi: Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday launched a scathing attack on external affairs minister S Jaishankar over the latter's press-conference on the Katchatheevu island issue, saying he had become a mouthpiece of the BJP and RSS from being a suave liberal foreign service officer.I)..
S Jaishankar, one of the most vocal ministers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet, today claimed that former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru considered Katchatheevu island a nuisance..
From a suave liberal Foreign Service officer to a smart Foreign Secretary to a mouthpiece of the RSS-BJP, life and times of Mr Jaishankar will be recorded in the annals of acrobatic sports," he wrote on X. ..
In the press conference, S Jaishankar claimed that the island which was given away by the Congress government was of strategic importance. ..
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the MK Stalin-led Tamil Nadu government had done nothing to safeguard the state's interests. ..
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