2024-04-02 09:45:11
New Delhi: Before the first phase of voting of Lok Sabha elections, BJP has once again raised the issue of Katchatheevu Island. Through this, BJP is trying to corner Congress and strengthen its position in the South, especially in Tamil Nadu. The first phase of voting is to be held on April 19 and on this day voting will also be held on all 39 seats of Tamil Nadu. BJP is also accusing Congress of weakening the integrity and unity of the country. In this way, once again BJP is making nationalism an issue in the elections. Quoting a news published in Times of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote on X Post on Sunday that this is an eye-opening and shocking news. New facts show how insensitively Congress had given Katchatheevu. Home Minister Amit Shah also tweeted that Congress voluntarily left Kachchativu and has no regrets. Regarding Kachchativu, BJP Tamil Nadu President K. The news has been written on the basis of Annamalai’s reply to an RTI. Annamalai had sought information in RTI regarding the decision of the then Indira Gandhi government in 1974 to hand over this island in the Pakistan Strait to the neighboring country Sri Lanka. There is also mention of Jawaharlal Nehru’s comment on this issue that Nehru had said that he would have no hesitation in giving up his claim on this island. Of. Annamalai released a video on X saying that there was collusion between Congress and DMK in handing over Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka. Also said that whenever Congress was in power, it was least interested in securing the border, territorial integrity and sovereignty of our country.
PM had mentioned earlier also in Parliament
Prime Minister Modi had also mentioned this issue while replying to the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha in August last year. Then the Prime Minister had told in the House about Katchatheevu, an island ahead of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka, and said that this island was given to another country under the leadership of Indira Gandhi. BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, asking why he is silent on the issue and he should tell people that not only his party but also his family is responsible for this.
Why not talk about Arunachal-Ladakh: Congress
Tamil Nadu Congress President K. Sarvepelunthagai said that before 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that if voted to power, we would take back Katchatheevu island. He talked about Katchatheevu more than 100 times but did nothing about it in the last 10 years. The Congress leader said that why he is not talking about Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh, where several kilometers of land has been taken over by China, he is completely silent on that.