Katchatheevu Island Row: Why has the controversy resurfaced ahead of LS polls? What did India do 50 years ago?

[cricketjoshila]

At one end India complains that Sri Lanka is moving close to China on other they keep nagging them with such stuff.

Let us handle our foreign policy. It has until now served us far better than the foreign policy of Pakistan or the non BJP governments.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Update

Poll Added

 

[Rajdeep]

The BJP may emerge as the single largest party in South but the majority of the seats will go to the local parties. Modi can't dare to run on a seat in South unlike IK in Pakistan, he can't take part in election from every province/state of the country.

Thats why he is in Jail?

 

[Major]

Let us handle our foreign policy. It has until now served us far better than the foreign policy of Pakistan or the non BJP governments.

Where has the Pakistani govt said anything?

If you have issues with posters posting on this, than first of this is a Pakistani majority forum, second, do you go around telling your indian friends not to comment on Pakistani cricket and political issues here?

 

[Varun]

In general you should not talk rubbish about states you have no idea about.

Do you even know how to pronounce Katchatheevu?

Stick to simpler words: "Modi-Modi-Modi" "Shah" "Bhaajpa" etc.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

The real reason behind current controversy, the "400 Paar" seats target​

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PM's Tamil push in 'veshti' to Katchatheevu: BJP's carpet-bomb campaign​

PM Modi has already visited Tamil Nadu six times, launched a handle to promote his speeches in Tamil, and harped on his love for Tamil language. With just days left for Lok Sabha polls, Tamil Nadu has emerged as a key battleground for the BJP.

"I believe that, much like idli and dosa, the Tamil language should reach worldwide," Narendra Modi said in an interview with Thanthi TV, the first time a sitting Prime Minister appeared on a Tamil channel. The traditional 'veshti' look was unmissable as PM Modi attempted to connect with the voters of Tamil Nadu.​

With just days to go before the Lok Sabha polls, Tamil Nadu has emerged as a focal point for the BJP as it looks to achieve PM Modi's '400 paar' call. His personal interest in the key southern state is proof that the BJP - traditionally viewed as a "north India" party - is determined to gain a foothold in the Dravidian state where the party drew a blank in 2019.

Source: India Today

 

[JaDed]

The real reason behind current controversy, the "400 Paar" seats target​

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PM's Tamil push in 'veshti' to Katchatheevu: BJP's carpet-bomb campaign​

PM Modi has already visited Tamil Nadu six times, launched a handle to promote his speeches in Tamil, and harped on his love for Tamil language. With just days left for Lok Sabha polls, Tamil Nadu has emerged as a key battleground for the BJP.

"I believe that, much like idli and dosa, the Tamil language should reach worldwide," Narendra Modi said in an interview with Thanthi TV, the first time a sitting Prime Minister appeared on a Tamil channel. The traditional 'veshti' look was unmissable as PM Modi attempted to connect with the voters of Tamil Nadu.​

With just days to go before the Lok Sabha polls, Tamil Nadu has emerged as a focal point for the BJP as it looks to achieve PM Modi's '400 paar' call. His personal interest in the key southern state is proof that the BJP - traditionally viewed as a "north India" party - is determined to gain a foothold in the Dravidian state where the party drew a blank in 2019.

Source: India Today

Joke of a publication, Modi wore Veshti before as well in 2019..
by when he had already won the election

PM Modi welcomes Xi in TN's traditional 'veshti'; wins praise

Attired in a striking Tamil traditional 'karai veshti' (dhoti with a border in green), angavastram (a shawl), and a half sleeve white shirt, the Prime Minister shook hands with Xi as the two leaders exchanged pleasantries.

m.economictimes.com

 

[Varun]

Joke of a publication, Modi wore Veshti before as well in 2019..
by when he had already won the election

PM Modi welcomes Xi in TN's traditional 'veshti'; wins praise

Attired in a striking Tamil traditional 'karai veshti' (dhoti with a border in green), angavastram (a shawl), and a half sleeve white shirt, the Prime Minister shook hands with Xi as the two leaders exchanged pleasantries.

m.economictimes.com

And Xi figuratively stripped Modi of that veshti just a few months later.

 

[MP2011]

According to R.K. Radhakrishnan, senior associate editor, Frontline, the issue will result as a “self goal for the BJP.”

“It is a self goal by the BJP. There is no fish anywhere near Katchatheevu. The fish is very close to the Sri Lankan border. That is where the fishermen go and that is where they are arrested. Jaishankar knows this very well. He was in Sri Lanka from 1988-90 as First Secretary. He was also an advisor to the Indian peacekeeping force that killed Sri Lankan Tamils in Sri Lanka. I don’t see any note from that time saying there is a fisherman’s issue. He did not do it. These are two different issues that have no relation to one another,” he said.

Radhakrishnan said that while the BJP is attempting to whip up nationalist sentiment ahead of the elections, it will not work in Tamil Nadu.

“The problem with Modi here is that he never delivers. He laid the foundation stone for All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in 2019 but it has been five years and it has not been delivered. Flood relief funds have not been released. In Tamil Nadu how it works is you deliver and that is how you get the votes. That is how it has worked for both the Dravidian parties,” he said.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

He is cashing it in for elections
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Narendra Modi while concluding his Lok Sabha poll campaign at a rally in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, Modi made a Tamil-centric pitch as he proposed to set up Thiruvalluvar centres globally, and labelled the Congress and DMK "sinners" over "ceding" Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka.

Modi dubbed the DMK and Congress "anti-national" and said the entire country has now understood the "truth,” that they had given Katchatheevu to another country after "cutting it off" from Tamil Nadu.

Source: CNBC TV