NEW DELHI: PM Modi, house minister Amit Shah and ministers Rajnath Singh & S Jaishankar seized upon the revelation about India giving in to Sri Lanka’s aggression for the management of Katchatheevu island in 1974 to accuse Congress of “callousness” and “weakening the country’s unity and integrity”. Reacting to the TOI story on the island concern, Modi, at a Meerut rally, mentioned nation cannot belief a celebration that gave away an “integral part” of “Mother India.”Cannot belief Congress which callously gave away an integral a part of Mom India, says ModiAs the difficulty of freely giving Katchatheevu island within the Palk Strait to Sri Lanka by the Indira Gandhi govt in 1974 has snowballed into a serious election concern in Tamil Nadu, with the potential to turn out to be a nationwide ballot plank, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and different senior BJP leaders cited it as one more reason why individuals of the nation shouldn’t belief Congress, which has a historical past of “weakening India’s unity, integrity, and interests.”The PM made the comment whereas reacting to the TOI story titled – ‘RTI reply exhibits how Indira ceded Island to Sri Lanka’ – revealed in its Sunday version.The TOI story, uploaded on X and different social media platforms by a number of distinguished individuals, was one of many prime trending posts within the nation.”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 counting,” the PM remarked as he shared the TOI story based mostly on info revealed by ministry of exterior affairs (MEA) in reply to an RTI filed by BJP Tamil Nadu president Ok Annamalai.PM Modi, at a rally within the afternoon in Meerut, as soon as once more raised the Katchatheevu concern, asserting that the nation can not belief a celebration that gave away an “integral part” of “Mother India”.”Today, another anti-national act of Congress has come before the country. Katchatheevu is an island off the coast of India, between Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu. When the country became independent, we had this island, but 4-5 decades ago, Congress cut off a part of Mother India and separated it from India,” the PM mentioned as he asserted that the Island is extraordinarily essential from the attitude of nationwide safety.”The fishermen from Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, and Andhra Pradesh going to Katchatheevu are arrested and face action,” he mentioned. India remains to be paying for the misdoings of the Congress govt, he added.Dwelling minister Amit Shah reacted with sarcasm, saying, “Slow claps for Congress!” He additional mentioned, “They willingly gave up Katchatheevu and had no regrets about it either. Sometimes, an MP of 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. They only want to divide or break our nation.”Shah’s reference was to Congress MP DK Suresh, who sparked controversy in Feb this yr after he demanded a “separate country” for South India, claiming that Karnataka was not receiving “enough funds” from the Centre.Defence minister Rajnath Singh mentioned, “How India lost Katchatheevu island under Congress rule! This news story exposes Congress’ apathy towards India’s unity and territorial integrity. Congress can never be trusted with our nation’s integrity.”Overseas minister S Jaishankar mentioned that it is necessary that folks know the total fact about our previous. “The facts brought out by TOI article should concern every citizen,” he mentioned.Annamalai, who performed a job in bringing the info into the general public area, mentioned, “Congress and DMK colluded in the ceding of Katchatheevu. Congress, whenever in power, had the least interest in securing our country’s border, territorial integrity, and sovereignty.”Union minister Anurag Thakur mentioned the artful Congress by no means allowed the reality to return out about the way it ceded and gifted huge territory of India to Pakistan, China, and Sri Lanka. “The new facts reveal that Indira Gandhi deliberately relinquished the strategically important Indian territory of Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka in 1974 following the footprint of Jawaharlal Nehru, who had said that the cession of the Indian island would not hurt national prestige,” he mentioned.
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