The Tamil Nadu unit of the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) is decided to retrieve Katchatheevu from Sri Lanka, Ok. Annamalai, State president of the get together, stated close to Palladam in Tiruppur district on Sunday.
Mr. Annamalai, who’s campaigning for the Lok Sabha election, informed journalists that the one technique to have a everlasting answer for the issues confronted by Tamil Nadu fishermen was to retrieve Katchatheevu.
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The Tamil Nadu BJP had submitted this demand to Exterior Affairs Affairs S. Jaishankar about an yr in the past. It has now introduced out in public discussion board categorised paperwork regarding how India ceded Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka.
The boundary of India shrunk due to Congress, he alleged. There was no downside associated to Katchatheevu until 1948 because the King of Ramanathapuram had the rights to Katchatheevu. After Sri Lanka grew to become impartial it began slowly claiming that Katchatheevu was its territory.
The then Congress authorities in India didn’t take a agency determination quickly and the difficulty extended and it lastly ceded Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka, he stated.
Additional, earlier than Emergency, Article 6 that gave permission for Indian fishermen to make use of Katchatheevu was eliminated stealthily, claimed Mr. Annamalai.
Retrieving Katchatheevu was not only a demand or request of the Tamil Nadu BJP. It was decided to do that to resolve the problems confronted by the fishermen of Tamil Nadu, he stated.