The many truths of Katchatheevu that no party wants to acknowledge

The ceding of Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka in 1974 by the Congress-led Union government is an issue that has been raised and debated by various parties, including the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) — mostly as vote-bank politics, with little remorse for the loss of Indian territory or regard for the lives of our fishermen and fisherwomen. The Katchatheevu question has now attracted attention because the current Prime Minister has raked it up, never …