# Modi Criticizes Indira Gandhi and Congress Over Katchatheevu Island

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2120035192958341260
- Source account: [@BSDhingra1](https://x.com/BSDhingra1)
- Source language: Hindi
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:45
- Published: 2026-11-11
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/jGMbVL8xHZXp/en/modi-criticizes-indira-gandhi-and-congress-over-katchatheevu-island) If Prime Minister Modi hadn't told us, hardly anyone would have known that Katchatheevu was an island belonging to India, which Indira Gandhi gifted to Sri Lanka.

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/jGMbVL8xHZXp/en/modi-criticizes-indira-gandhi-and-congress-over-katchatheevu-island?t=12) Those people who went abroad, ask them what Katchatheevu is.

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/jGMbVL8xHZXp/en/modi-criticizes-indira-gandhi-and-congress-over-katchatheevu-island?t=18) Someone should ask them, what is Katchatheevu?

[0:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/jGMbVL8xHZXp/en/modi-criticizes-indira-gandhi-and-congress-over-katchatheevu-island?t=22) They make such big claims. Today, I want to explain what Katchatheevu is, and where Katchatheevu is. Just ask them.

[0:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/jGMbVL8xHZXp/en/modi-criticizes-indira-gandhi-and-congress-over-katchatheevu-island?t=32) They went around making such grand statements.

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/jGMbVL8xHZXp/en/modi-criticizes-indira-gandhi-and-congress-over-katchatheevu-island?t=35) They are trying to mislead the country, and these DMK people, their government, their Chief Minister, write me letters.

[0:45](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/jGMbVL8xHZXp/en/modi-criticizes-indira-gandhi-and-congress-over-katchatheevu-island?t=45) They still write to me, and say, “Modi ji,” “bring Katchatheevu back.”

[0:54](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/jGMbVL8xHZXp/en/modi-criticizes-indira-gandhi-and-congress-over-katchatheevu-island?t=54) What is Katchatheevu? Who did it? It's an island beyond Tamil Nadu, before Sri Lanka.

[1:05](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/jGMbVL8xHZXp/en/modi-criticizes-indira-gandhi-and-congress-over-katchatheevu-island?t=65) Who gave it to another country? When was it given?

[1:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/jGMbVL8xHZXp/en/modi-criticizes-indira-gandhi-and-congress-over-katchatheevu-island?t=70) Where did it go? Wasn't it Mother India?

[1:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/jGMbVL8xHZXp/en/modi-criticizes-indira-gandhi-and-congress-over-katchatheevu-island?t=74) Wasn't it a part of Mother Bharati? And you broke this off too.

[1:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/jGMbVL8xHZXp/en/modi-criticizes-indira-gandhi-and-congress-over-katchatheevu-island?t=81) Who was in power then?

[1:24](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/jGMbVL8xHZXp/en/modi-criticizes-indira-gandhi-and-congress-over-katchatheevu-island?t=84) It happened under the leadership of Mrs. Indira Gandhi.

[1:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/jGMbVL8xHZXp/en/modi-criticizes-indira-gandhi-and-congress-over-katchatheevu-island?t=92) The Congress has a history of tearing Mother India apart.

[1:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/jGMbVL8xHZXp/en/modi-criticizes-indira-gandhi-and-congress-over-katchatheevu-island?t=99) Prime Minister Narendra Modi He is not questioning only the decision of the Indira government.