Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Reacting to the Bharatiya Janata Party's criticism of the Congress party on the Katchatheevu island dispute, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar asked why no one speaks on the land "intruded" by China Addressing a press conference on Thursday, Sharad Pawar said, "Whenever the PM makes a statement, how much dignity does he hold for his post? It raises doubts for people like me." But on the criticism of Congress, he criticized BJP and asked why no one speaks on this. The land on which China has "intruded", "Just two days ago the PM had given a statement on a small island which has gone to Sri Lanka, while Indira Gandhi was the PM in 1974...Raising this issue, she "PM Modi should answer the question of China's encroachment in some parts of India, issues which were also discussed in Parliament...He has made strong allegations and comments against Congress", Pawar said. What steps should be taken...he never says anything on this,” he said, adding that the decades-old territorial and fishing rights dispute around Katchatheewe island is in the headlines ahead of the general elections and the BJP and the opposition have been fighting on the issue. The island, located between Rameshwaram, India and Sri Lanka, is traditionally used by both Sri Lankan and Indian fishermen. In 1974, the then Central Government established Katchatheevu under the "India-Sri Lanka Maritime Agreement Accepted as Sri Lankan territory. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had targeted the Congress party and the DMK over the Katchatheevu island issue. He said Congress gave away the island "insensitively". He further alleged that Tamil Nadu's ruling party did "nothing" to protect the interests of the state.