Katchatheevu Is Irrelevant, India Should Focus On The Growing Colombo-Beijing Ties

The national flags of Sri Lanka and China fly at Tian'anmen Square on March 26, 2024 in Beijing, China. Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Dinesh Gunawardena arrived in Beijing on March 25 for a six-day official visit to China.

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A lot has happened between India and Sri Lanka in the past week. The two neighbours have always been ambivalent about each other right from the days of the Ramayana, if mythologies are to be believed. Last Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, all of a sudden, raised the issue of India “ceding” Katchatheevu Island to Sri Lanka in 1974, when the country was governed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.  The PM slammed the Congress based on RTI findings obtained by Tamil