
In the lead-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Narendra Modi-led Union Government has reignited the contentious issue of the Katchatheevu Island handover to Sri Lanka by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1974. This move aims to put the Congress party on the defensive, but it has sparked a war of words between key political figures. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram have engaged in…