Key Points
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has sharply criticized External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar over the ongoing Katchatheevu island dispute..
In a post on X, Chidambaram remarked, "Jaishankar's journey from being a suave liberal foreign service officer to a mouthpiece of the RSS-BJP will be recorded in the annals of acrobatic sports."..
Under the Agreements, the Island of Katchatheevu lies on the Sri Lankan side of the India-Sri Lanka International Maritime Boundary Line, he wrote on X...
Jaishankar also highlighted the efforts of the Modi government in working towards the release of Indian fishermen detained by Sri Lanka..
The island was ceded to Sri Lanka in 1974 under a bilateral agreement, leading to protests from Tamil Nadu fishermen who claim traditional fishing rights in the waters around the island...
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