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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his speech in Parliament during the No-Confidence debate on 10 August, mentioned the island of Kachchatheevu.
Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi for his now-expunged Bharat Mata remarks, PM Modi said it was the Indira Gandhi Government which gave away Kachchatheevu to Sri Lanka in 1974.
âKachchatheevu is an island between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. Somebody gave it to another country. It happened under the leadership of Indira Gandhi,â he said. âWasnât that part of Maa Bharati there?â he quipped.
Today a part of Sri Lanka, Kachchatheevu remains a hot-button political issue in Tamil Nadu, for politicians across the aisle.
Just recently, ahead of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesingheâs visit to New Delhi, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin wrote to PM Modi requesting him to retrieve the island.
âThe transfer of Kachchatheevu to Sri Lanka, by the Union government, without the state governmentâs consent, has deprived Tamil Nadu fishermenâs rights and adversely impacted their livelihoods,â Stalinâs letter said.
Kachchatheevu is a 285-acre uninhabited speck in the Palk Strait, between India and Sri Lanka. It is no more than 1.6 km in length and slightly over 300 m wide at its broadest point.
It lies northeast of Rameswaram, about 33 km from the Indian coast. It is about 62 km southwest of Jaffna, at the northern tip of Sri Lanka, and 24 km away from the inhabited Delft Island, belonging to Sri Lanka.
In 1974, Indira Gandhi made attempts to settle the maritime border between India and Sri Lanka, once and for all.
As a part of this settlement, known as the âIndo-Sri Lankan Maritime agreementâ, Indira Gandhi âcededâ Kachchatheevu to Sri Lanka. At the time, she thought the island had little strategic value and that ceasing Indiaâs claim over the island would deepen its ties with its Southern neighbour.
(Indian Express)
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Indian PM Modi mentions Kachchatheevu
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his speech in Parliament during the No-Confidence debate on 10 August, mentioned the island of Kachchatheevu.
Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi for his now-expunged Bharat Mata remarks, PM Modi said it was the Indira Gandhi Government which gave away Kachchatheevu to Sri Lanka in 1974.
âKachchatheevu is an island between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. Somebody gave it to another country. It happened under the leadership of Indira Gandhi,â he said. âWasnât that part of Maa Bharati there?â he quipped.
Today a part of Sri Lanka, Kachchatheevu remains a hot-button political issue in Tamil Nadu, for politicians across the aisle.
Just recently, ahead of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesingheâs visit to New Delhi, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin wrote to PM Modi requesting him to retrieve the island.
âThe transfer of Kachchatheevu to Sri Lanka, by the Union government, without the state governmentâs consent, has deprived Tamil Nadu fishermenâs rights and adversely impacted their livelihoods,â Stalinâs letter said.
Kachchatheevu is a 285-acre uninhabited speck in the Palk Strait, between India and Sri Lanka. It is no more than 1.6 km in length and slightly over 300 m wide at its broadest point.
It lies northeast of Rameswaram, about 33 km from the Indian coast. It is about 62 km southwest of Jaffna, at the northern tip of Sri Lanka, and 24 km away from the inhabited Delft Island, belonging to Sri Lanka.
In 1974, Indira Gandhi made attempts to settle the maritime border between India and Sri Lanka, once and for all.
As a part of this settlement, known as the âIndo-Sri Lankan Maritime agreementâ, Indira Gandhi âcededâ Kachchatheevu to Sri Lanka. At the time, she thought the island had little strategic value and that ceasing Indiaâs claim over the island would deepen its ties with its Southern neighbour.
(Indian Express)
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