US EditionT.N. Assembly unanimously adopts resolution on Katchatheevu retrieval from Sri Lanka
- The Tamil Nadu Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Union Government to review the 1974 Indo-Lankan treaty and retrieve Katchatheevu Island, emphasizing it as a solution for local fishermen's difficulties.
- Experts noted that even if Katchatheevu is retrieved, the change would be minor but may provide Indian fishermen with a larger legal fishing area.
- Tamil Nadu fishermen have faced numerous arrests by the Sri Lankan Navy recently, with protests erupting following the seizure of boats and the arrest of fishermen.
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has called for a review of the 1974 Indo-Lankan treaty and the release of imprisoned fishermen.
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Actor Vijay Fishes In Troubled Waters, Calls For Katchatheevu's Retrieval
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief and actor Vijay has called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to assert India's sovereignty over the Katchatheevu Island ahead of his visit to Sri Lanka today. The actor-politician proposed a 99-year lease of the island as an interim solution, emphasising that full retrieval remains the only permanent resolution to the decades-long fishermen crisis. Vijay slammed both the ruling DMK and the BJP-led Centre for…
T.N. Assembly unanimously adopts resolution on Katchatheevu retrieval from Sri Lanka
During the tenure of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, resolutions were passed in the Assembly on October 3, 1991, and May 3, 2013, urging the Union government to reclaim Katchatheevu. When O. Panneerselvam was Chief Minister, a resolution was passed on December 5, 2014
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