The row over Katchatheevu island retains escalating after Prime Minister Narendra Modi first attacked the Congress over its resolution at hand over the strategic island to Sri Lanka within the Seventies. His criticism got here after a Proper To Info (RTI) report revealed how the Congress authorities led by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi handed over Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka in 1974.
The RTI software was filed by Tamil Nadu BJP President Okay Annamalai.
Congress has alleged that the BJP is raking up an outdated problem as a pre-poll tactic. With the Lok Sabha elections simply across the nook, it stays to be seen the affect of the problem on the polls.
