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Katchatheevu Island Row Snowballs Further | PM ModI News | Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | News18 Katchatheevu island row snowballs further; ‘Karunanidhi accepted the suggestion on handing over Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka,’ according to the document accessed by CNN-News18.

Doubling down on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charge at Opposition over the Katchatheevu island row, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar today said Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first Prime Minister, wanted to give away the island to Sri Lanka.

In 1974, the then Indira Gandhi government had accepted the island, about 1.6 km long and over 300 m wide, a Sri Lankan area under Indo-Sri Lankan maritime agreement. The issue has resurfaced after a media report based on a RTI reply received by Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai on the 1974 pact.