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India Not Likely To Raise Katchatheevu Island Issue With Sri Lanka Officially
Despite the growing controversy over whether or not ex-PM Indira Gandhi “ceded” Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka, it is unlikely that New Delhi will ever take it up with Colombo officially.

Katchatheevu is a tiny and uninhabited island located between India and Sri Lanka.
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Katchatheevu Island: The Government of India has no plans to raise the issue of Katchatheevu Island with Sri Lanka through official channels even as the matter has become a hot potato in the upcoming general elections. New Delhi has no intention to either reopen the 1974 Agreement or take up the matter with Colombo even though the issue has currently spiralled out of control in Tamil Nadu’s election season, ABP LIVE has learnt.
Though leaders of the ruling BJP have made it a poll issue to
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