Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday said the people of the state want to ask 3 questions to those who have raked up the Katchatheevu island row just before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections after a 10 year slumber. His statement came in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s double standards remarks against the DMK on the issue.

The DMK supremo responded to Prime Minister Modi’s criticism and said that there are 3 questions that the people of Tamil Nadu are asking those who staged a sudden fisherman’s love drama for the election after being in Kumbakarna slumber for 10 years. The Tami Nadu CM asked if Tamil Nadu pays 1 rupee as tax, why does the Union government return only 29 paise?

The 2^nd question directed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi was why wasn’t Tamil Nadu not given even a single rupee as flood relief despite facing 2 back to back calamities? The third question that Stalin asked was that in the last 10 years of the BJP government at the Centre, was there any special scheme for Tamil Nadu?

Stalin urged PM Modi to answer the 3 questions without indulging in any diversions. On Sunday, the DMK slammed the PM Modi for attacking the Congress over its decision to callously hand over the strategic island to Sri Lanka in 1974. DMK spokesperson Manuraj S said the BJP was busy playing blame games with the opposition adding that it was afraid to campaign on its achievements.

He had posted on X Startling that the Prime Minister’s eyes have been opened by a news article based on an RTI query filed by his party person and information provided on an issue that is nearly 50 years old. After 10 years in government, the incumbent party is afraid to campaign on its achievements and is still busy with opposition blaming.  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the new details on the Katchatheevu island issue have unmasked DMK’s double standards totally. His remarks came a day after he slammed Congress for its decision to hand over the strategic island to Sri Lanka in the 1970s. PM Modi took to X and posted Rhetoric aside, DMK has done nothing to safeguard Tamil Nadu’s interests. New details emerging on #Katchatheevu have unmasked the DMK’s double standards totally.

He said Congress and DMK are family units. They only care that their sons and daughters rise. They don’t care for anyone else. Their callousness on Katchatheevu has harmed the interests of the poor fishermen and fisherwomen in particular. Katchatheevu island is where fishermen from Tamil Nadu go to fish. But they are detained by the Sri Lankan Navy as soon as they cross the International Maritime Border Line (IMBL) to reach the island.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also criticized the DMK and Congress on the Katchatheevu island row, saying the 2 parties have approached this matter as though they have no responsibility for it. While addressing the media in a press conference Jaishankar said in the last 20 years, 6184 Indian fishermen have been detained or apprehended. This is the background of the issue

On Sunday PM Modi not only attacked the Congress for handing over the island to Sri Lanka but also accused the party of weakening the country’s integrity and interests. His remarks came in response to a Right to Information (RTI) report which revealed how the Congress government led by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi handed over Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka in 1974.

PM Modi posted on X Eye opening and startling! New facts reveal how Congress callously gave away Katchatheevu. This has angered every Indian and reaffirmed in people’s minds – we can’t ever trust Congress! Weakening India’s unity, integrity and interests has been Congress’s way of working for 75 years and counting.

The custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) ends today, and he will appear before a court on Monday. Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21 in relation to a money laundering case involving the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy.

At 11.30 am, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief will appear before the Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi.

Police barricades have been installed at the Delhi headquarters of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as part of increased security measures.

However, the investigation team requested a seven-day extension of Kejriwal’s imprisonment, claiming that further questions about the AAP chief’s involvement in money laundering needed to be answered.

Meanwhile. on March 28, the magistrate court extended Kejriwal’s ED custody for only four days, until April 1, after the latter claimed that the ED’s goal was to destroy the AAP while he, in an unusual move, presented his own case.

The Chief Minister said in his arugement that the ED’s sole goal was to trap him in the liquor policy case.

Additionaly, the AAP national convenor has petitioned the Delhi High Court to review his arrest, claiming that the investigating agency violated his fundamental rights. Serving the ED with a notice, the court is asking for a response by April 2. On April 3, the hearing is scheduled to resume.

The hearing comes a day after prominent members of the INDIA bloc assembled at the Loktantra Bachao (Save Democracy) rally in the national capital on Sunday. This was the opposition’s first public display of strength since the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections. They criticized the detention of Arvind Kejriwal and former chief minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren, and strongly urged the alliance partners to come together for the benefit of the country.