Katchatheevu RTI An ‘Election-Related Propaganda Activity’, Says Sri Lankan Think Tank

By raking up Katchatheevu Island issue, India seeks to obtain fishing rights to conduct bottom trawling, banned in Lanka, in nearby waters, leading Sri Lanka think tank Pathfinder Foundation has said.

PM Modi with TN BJP chief K. Annamalai at a rally in the state on Tuesday ( Image Source :X/@NarendraModi )

New Delhi: With the imbroglio around the Katchatheevu Island refusing to die down, Sri Lanka’s leading think tank and advocacy body, Pathfinder Foundation, has said the issue has been raked up as an “election-related propaganda activity”.  The issue has taken centre stage in Tamil Nadu amid the Lok Sabha election campaign, with the BJP looking to make inroads into the state that has for decades swayed between the two primary Dravidian parties. PM Narendra Modi has blamed