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"Shakuni like match-fixing...," BJP's Kesavan criticises Congress, DMK ove
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Calling the Katchatheevu issue a "grave historic blunder," BJP national spokesperson CR Kesavan on Monday slammed Congress and DMK for giving the Katchatheevu island in a "Shakuni-like match-fixing", adding that they betrayed Tamil interests and also undermined India's sovereignty and integr
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Centre trying everything possible to retrieve Katchatheevu from Sri Lanka:
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai on Monday said that the Union government is trying everything possible to retrieve Katchatheevu island from Sri Lanka. He also reiterated his allegation that the island was ceded to Sri Lanka by the then-Indira Gandhi government in 1974 with the consent of
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"Congress did it, DMK hid it": BJP leader targets ruling coalition allies
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The decades-old territorial and fishing rights dispute around Katchatheevu Island is in the limelight ahead of polling in Tamil Nadu for Lok Sabha polls on April 19 with the BJP and the opposition engaged in a war of words over the issue
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"Absurd allegation": P Chidambaram refutes Centre's allegations against Co
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Congress leader, speaking to ANI, claimed that sufferings of over 6 lakhs Tamils who were in Sri Lanka compelled the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi to acknowledge that the island belonged to the neighbouring country.
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"DMK donated Katchatheevu for its personal gains": BJP's Tamilisai Soundar
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
South Chennai BJP candidate also alleged that the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M Karunanidhi, was 'threatened' of action against him by the Centre if "he would have not donated the island" to Sri Lanka.
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"Will he take back Katchatheevu?" Manickam Tagore challenges PM Modi
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"Will he take back Katchatheevu if he is so concerned about Tamil Nadu? I challenge PM Modi. They have failed," Tagore said speaking to ANI on Monday hours after Prime Minister's post on the Katchatheevu island.
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"As though they have no responsibility for it": EAM Jaishankar hits out at
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"Now, every political party in Tamil Nadu has taken a position on this. Two parties, the Congress and the DMK, have approached this matter as though they have no responsibility for it. As though the situation is for today's central government to resolve, there is no history to this, this
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"DMK did nothing to safeguard Tamil Nadu's interests": PM Modi on Katchath
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"Rhetoric aside, DMK has done NOTHING to safeguard Tamil Nadu's interests. New details emerging on #Katchatheevu have UNMASKED the DMK's double standards totally. Congress and the DMK are family units. They only care that their own sons and daughters rise. They don't care for anyone else.
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"They only want to divide or break our nation": Amit Shah slams Congress o
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"Slow claps for Congress! They willingly gave up #Katchatheevu and had no regrets about it either. Sometimes an MP of the Congress speaks about dividing the nation and sometimes they denigrate Indian culture and traditions. This shows that they are against the unity and integrity of India
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"Selective pieces of propaganda..." Congress reacts over PM Modi's remark
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"Eye opening and startling! New facts reveal how Congress callously gave away #Katchatheevu. This has angered every Indian and reaffirmed in people's minds- we can't ever trust Congress! Weakening India's unity, integrity and interests has been Congress' way of working for 75 years and co
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"We can't ever trust Congress": PM Modi over Katchatheevu island
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"Eye opening and startling! New facts reveal how Congress callously gave away #Katchatheevu. This has angered every Indian and reaffirmed in people's minds- we can't ever trust Congress! Weakening India's unity, integrity and interests has been Congress' way of working for 75 years and co
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"Was it not part of Maa Bharati...": PM Modi attacks Cong over Katchatheev
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the Congress for divding "Maa Bharati" into three parts for political interests and also pointed out that the Katchatheevu Island was ceded to Sri Lanka during the tenure of the Indira Gandhi government in 1974.
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