By Girish Linganna On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called out the DMK party for not being consistent about the Katchatheevu island issue. He said
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Katchatheevu is a 285-acre uninhabited island in the Palk Strait, between India and Sri Lanka. It lies northeast of Rameswaram, about 33 km from the Indian coast. It is about 62 km southwest of Jaffna, at the northern tip of Sri Lanka, and 24 km away from the inhabited Delft Island, belonging to Sri Lanka.
“New facts reveal how Congress callously gave away Katchatheevu…This has angered every Indian,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on X. Here is why the tiny, uninhabited island remains a hot-button political issue in Tamil Nadu.