New Delhi, April 5 -- Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Saturday said that the issue of Kachchatheevu island has become a concerning issue for Indians and fishermen and Prime Minister Narendra Modi should raise this issue firmly.

"It has become a concerning issue for us, our fishermen and all the Indians. It is a matter related to security. The PM should raise this issue firmly. Even an inch of Indian land belongs to us. I support that it (Kachchatheevu Island) should be under the protection of India...It is ours," Tiwari told ANI.

This came after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday regarding the retrieval of Katchatheevu Island.

The Tamil Nadu assembly passed a resolution on April ...