Katchatheevu issue | DMK’s double standards unmasked, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 1 targeted the DMK over the Katchatheevu island issue, alleging the ruling party of Tamil Nadu did nothing to safeguard the State's interests.

New details emerging on the issue of India handing over the Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka have unmasked the DMK's double standards totally, he said on X, citing a news report which claimed that then chief minister M. Karunanidhi had given his concurrence to the agreement despite his party the DMK's public posturing against the deal.

The media report is based on an RTI reply received by Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai to his queries on the 1974 agreement between India and Lanka when Indira Gandhi was the prime minister.