Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, took to social media to bring to notice the contentious issue surrounding the Katchatheevu Island on the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka citing a recent report published by a news publication. The report mentions facts revealed in documents obtained by BJP Tamil Nadu chief K Annamalai in an RTI response which reportedly indicates that Congress never attached much importance to the uninhabited island, leading to Indira Gandhi ceding it to Sri Lanka in 1974. The issue has been raked up in a crucial prelude to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, where BJP leaders hit out at the Congress for “callously giving away” the island when they were in power. The Prime Minister also hinted at the issue at his rally in Meerut.