Narendra Modi has taken up fishermen issue with Sri Lankan President: Prakash Javedekar

May 14, 2016 03:24 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 04:45 am IST - Madurai

BJP spokesperson Prakash Javedekar. File photo: CV Subrahmanyam

BJP spokesperson Prakash Javedekar. File photo: CV Subrahmanyam

Union Minister Prakash Javedekar on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed for a permanent solution to the issue of Indian fishermen during his talks with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena.

Speaking to reporters in Madurai, he said during the talks between the two leaders at New Delhi on Friday, “Modi has stressed for a permanent solution to the issue of Indian fishermen.”

He alleged that the successive regimes of AIADMK and DMK were marked by “corruption and bad governance. The two parties were corrupt parties. These corrupt parties should be punished by the people in the election,” he said.

He said the people did not want freebies, but expected things like good education and employment opportunities.

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