Key Points
Chennai:Parties in Tamil Nadu have collectively pounced on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raking up the Katchatheevu island issue weeks before the general elections...
The ruling DMK, the AIADMK, and the Congress have asked Modi what he had done about the issue in the last 10 years in power, hinting that he was only trying to exploit the matter to make inroads in the southern state where the BJPs chances are at best modest...
Referring to a news report on 31 March, Modi criticised the Congress for callously giving away the Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka...
Political parties in Tamil Nadu have regularly raised the issue as fishermen from the state have often been arrested by Sri Lankan authorities when entering the countrys waters, including around Katchatheevu...
Taking to X on 1 April, DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin accused Modi without naming him of having slept like Kumbhakarna for 10 years over Katchatheevu..
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