Chennai, April 3 -- The Tamil Nadu assembly on Wednesday unanimously adopted a special resolution in the assembly urging the Union government to retrieve the uninhabited island of Katchatheevu (in Palk Bay) and review the 1974 Indo-Sri Lanka agreement.

Chief minister MK Stalin introduced the resolution urging Modi to speak of the continued attacks on fishermen during his trip to Sri Lanka, from April 3-6, and also take efforts to retrieve the Katchatheevu island. Though the opposition AIADMK and BJP accused the DMK of ceding the island when their ally Congress was governing at the Centre, they backed the resolution's demand.

"Retrieval of Katchatheevu island is the only permanent solution to protect the traditional fishing rights of Tam...