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Jaishankar asserted that the difficulty has not cropped up abruptly however was all the time a reside matter. (AP File Photo)
The Narendra Modi authorities has focused the Congress and its ally DMK accusing it of overlooking nationwide pursuits within the ceding of Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka within the mid-Seventies
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday steered clear of the row surrounding Katchatheevu island. To a volley of questions on the Katchatheevu difficulty, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal referred to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s current feedback on the matter.
“I would like to tell you that on the issues that have been raised, the external affairs minister has spoken to the press here in Delhi and also in Gujarat clarifying all the issues,” he mentioned. “I would refer that you please look at his press engagements. You will get your answers there,” Jaiswal mentioned.
The Narendra Modi authorities has focused the Congress and its ally DMK accusing it of overlooking nationwide pursuits within the ceding of Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka within the mid-Seventies. The BJP has additionally been concentrating on the 2 events for not making certain the rights of the fishermen desirous to fish in waters round Katchatheevu.
Jaishankar on Monday claimed that prime ministers from the Congress displayed indifference about Katchatheevu island as if they didn’t care and gave away Indian fishermen’s rights regardless of authorized views on the contrary. Prime ministers reminiscent of Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi dubbed Katchatheevu, given to Sri Lanka in 1974 as half of a maritime boundary settlement, as a “little island” and “little rock”, he had informed a press convention.
Jaishankar asserted that the difficulty has not cropped up abruptly however was all the time a reside matter. The data exist of the then international secretary retaining the then Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi, the late DMK patriarch, absolutely knowledgeable of the talks between the 2 nations, the exterior affairs minister mentioned.
He additionally accused the DMK of conniving with the Congress in 1974 and thereafter in creating the scenario which has been a trigger of “great concern”. “The same people who connived at all this are today standing up and trying to pretend to be champions of fishermen,” he mentioned.
