Take back Kachhativu from Lanka: RS MPs

NEW DELHI/RAMANATHAPURAM: Demands of taking back Kachhativu Island from Sri Lanka were raised in Parliament on Tuesday as a large number of Rajya Sabha members asked the Centre to act tough to protect fishermen of TN from unprovoked firing by the Sri Lankan Navy.
The issue was raised by Congress whip V Narayanaswamy during question hour as he sought to attract the government’s attention of Tamil Nadu fishermen falling to firing by Sri Lankan armed forces patrolling the area.
He said the government should take up the matter with Sri Lanka in a Forceful manner and even demanded that the island be taken. In a rare display of unity, the entire House associated with Narayanaswamy’s call and asked government to take immediate action.
The demands for taking back Kachhativu, which was ceded to Sri Lanka in 1974, has been made several times in the past but mainly at the state Level. But today, the entire house of elders supported the demand made by the Congress MP. The Sri Lankan government has already rejected the proposal in the past claiming that it was impossible to fulfill the demand.