External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar made a big charge on Monday involving former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru over the Katchatheeevu island row. Inferring from Nehru’s views on the island, the Union minister said that for the former Prime Minister, the Katchatheevu islands had no importance and saw it as a “nuisance”. 

Reading out Nehru’s opinion, Jaishankar said, ” I attach no importance at all to this little island and I would have no hesitation in giving up our claim to it. I do not like matter pending like this indefinitely and being raised again and again in Parliament.” 

Drawing conclusion from the quote, the BJP leader said, “To Pandit Nehru this was a little island, it had no importance, he saw it as a nuisance. For him the sooner you give it away, the better…” 

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He also trained guns on Congress and Dravida Munnetra Kazagham over the row saying the two parties approached the issue as though they bear no responsibility. Addressing a press conference, Jaishankar explained the “relevance” of the issue, which comes in the run-up to the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.