New Delhi, June 20 -- Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Union Minister Kiren Rijiju over his visit to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, questioning whether the visit was a move to "divert global attention" from the Greater Nicobar project.

In a post on X, the Congress MP questioned the timing and intent of the Union Minister's visit, suggesting it served as a smokescreen for environmental and land-related controversies.

Invoking the Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's recent visit to the islands, Tagore stated that it "exposed the contradiction between claims of consultation and the concerns expressed by local communities and experts."

The Congress leader highlighted that the people of the archipelago ha...