Chennai: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said the BJP's attempt to use the resolved Katchatheevu issue as a political weapon in the upcoming general elections will not work and will only result in the party's defeat in the elections. Will happen. What will happen.
He accused the BJP of using the Katchatheevu island issue, which was resolved 50 years ago, for political gain and sought to know why Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar did not contest elections from Tamil Nadu and this Why not raise the issue, if they did then they would be concerned about Katchatheevu or Tamils.
"If Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar claim they are Tamils, then contest elections in Tamil Nadu like Tamilisai Sundararajan, L Murugan and K Annamala and raise Katchatheevu issue during elections. Why did they not contest elections, they are behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Why? Hiding and raising the issue? Speaking to reporters here, the former Union Minister asked them to be careful while making statements on the subject as it will cause great harm to 35 lakh Tamils including 25 lakh Sri Lankan Tamils and 10 lakh Indians. He Said that the statements of the Union Ministers will only increase the conflict between the Lankan government and the Tamils living in the island nation.Citing an RTI reply issued by the Ministry of External Affairs in 2015, Chidambaram said the reply stated that "Kachchatheevu Island was neither acquired nor ceded and it lies within the India-Sri Lanka International Maritime Boundary Line. Located within the Sri Lankan side."
Recalling that Narendra Modi was Prime Minister when the RTI response was released in 2015, he said, "A closed case should not be reopened." Turning to other issues, he said the Congress will formulate a common minimum program and implement its election manifesto. Justice Patra, if the party comes to power at the Centre.
He said his party does not believe in "bulldozer justice" but in federalism, which is opposed by the BJP-led government at the Centre.He accused the Center of reducing the stature of the states and creating a mere feudal system. The area under - Palayakkar - is decreasing up to. To increase revenue.
Chidambaram said, "The BJP will not agree to anything on cooperative federalism because it opposes it. The BJP is following the RSS's teaching of reducing states to Palayakkar. They want only one government and one election and They are like the British rule. They want the states to collect taxes.He said that unemployment in the country is a serious problem and this is indicated by the latest report of the International Labor Organization and the Institute of Human Development, which states that 83 per cent of India's unemployed workforce consists of youth and 30 per cent of the unemployed are in central universities like IITs. Those who graduated from the institutions were unemployed. The senior Congress leader asked, “How will students repay their education loans if they remain unemployed?”
Saying that the Congress's election campaign will depend on its election manifesto, he said, "We welcome comments on our manifesto. We will ensure full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, and if elected we will Will conduct such qualifying examinations." CUET Optional."Power," he said.
He accused the BJP of using the Katchatheevu island issue, which was resolved 50 years ago, for political gain and sought to know why Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar did not contest elections from Tamil Nadu and this Why not raise the issue, if they did then they would be concerned about Katchatheevu or Tamils.
"If Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar claim they are Tamils, then contest elections in Tamil Nadu like Tamilisai Sundararajan, L Murugan and K Annamala and raise Katchatheevu issue during elections. Why did they not contest elections, they are behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Why? Hiding and raising the issue? Speaking to reporters here, the former Union Minister asked them to be careful while making statements on the subject as it will cause great harm to 35 lakh Tamils including 25 lakh Sri Lankan Tamils and 10 lakh Indians. He Said that the statements of the Union Ministers will only increase the conflict between the Lankan government and the Tamils living in the island nation.Citing an RTI reply issued by the Ministry of External Affairs in 2015, Chidambaram said the reply stated that "Kachchatheevu Island was neither acquired nor ceded and it lies within the India-Sri Lanka International Maritime Boundary Line. Located within the Sri Lankan side."
Recalling that Narendra Modi was Prime Minister when the RTI response was released in 2015, he said, "A closed case should not be reopened." Turning to other issues, he said the Congress will formulate a common minimum program and implement its election manifesto. Justice Patra, if the party comes to power at the Centre.
He said his party does not believe in "bulldozer justice" but in federalism, which is opposed by the BJP-led government at the Centre.He accused the Center of reducing the stature of the states and creating a mere feudal system. The area under - Palayakkar - is decreasing up to. To increase revenue.
Chidambaram said, "The BJP will not agree to anything on cooperative federalism because it opposes it. The BJP is following the RSS's teaching of reducing states to Palayakkar. They want only one government and one election and They are like the British rule. They want the states to collect taxes.He said that unemployment in the country is a serious problem and this is indicated by the latest report of the International Labor Organization and the Institute of Human Development, which states that 83 per cent of India's unemployed workforce consists of youth and 30 per cent of the unemployed are in central universities like IITs. Those who graduated from the institutions were unemployed. The senior Congress leader asked, “How will students repay their education loans if they remain unemployed?”
Saying that the Congress's election campaign will depend on its election manifesto, he said, "We welcome comments on our manifesto. We will ensure full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, and if elected we will Will conduct such qualifying examinations." CUET Optional."Power," he said.
