Launching an attack on Congress over the Katchatheevu Island, PM Modi during a public meeting in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut on March 31, PM Modi said that Congress and its INIDA bloc’s allies cut off a part of “Maa Bharti” and separated it from India. "Today, another anti-national act of Congress has come before the country. Katchatheevu is an island in Tamil Nadu, off the coast of India, between Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu and this island is extremely important from the perspective of national security. When the country became independent, we had this island, and it was an integral part of India but 4-5 decades ago, Congress said that this Island was of no use and cut off a part of Maa Bharti and separated it from India..."