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Katchatheevu Island

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Nehru’s views on Aksari Chin to Digvijaya Singh’s comments on Katchatheevu Island show how the Congress party has no regard for the nation’s integrity

अनुपम कुमार सिंह - 10 April, 2024

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh claimed that no one lives in the Katchatheevu Island thus dismissing the issue.

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‘DMK and Congress deceived not only fishermen but also the entire nation’: PM Narendra Modi raises Katchatheevu island issue in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore

OpIndia Staff - 10 April, 2024

Modi said, "The DMK party has 'earned' the 'first copyright' on corruption. It has been badly looting the state of Tamil Nadu."

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Nehru saw the Island as a nuisance…Indira Gandhi saw it as a ‘little rock’: EAM S Jaishankar hits out at Congress over Katchatheevu Island...

OpIndia Staff - 1 April, 2024

EAM S JAishankar highlighted the indifference shown by past Prime Ministers, particularly Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, towards the strategic significance of the Katchatheevu Island

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“DMK did nothing to safeguard Tamil Nadu’s interests”: PM Modi on Katchatheevu island

ANI - 1 April, 2024

PM Modi shared a statement by late DMK MP Era Sezhiyan expressing anger at the India-Sri Lanka Maritime Agreement signed by the then Indira Gandhi government by which India relinquished its claim on Katchatheevu Island and called it "an unholy agreement."