Eyeing third term, India's Modi jabs opposition over Sri Lankan islet

Leader accuses Congress party of 'callously' ceding island in 1970s

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is accusing the opposition Congress party of improperly ceding Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP and Ken Kobayashi)

KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- With national elections just around the corner, a political row has erupted in India over a tiny, uninhabited island ceded to neighboring Sri Lanka half a century ago.

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