Lanka allows Chinese ships to fly its flag and fish near TN coast

Lanka allows Chinese ships to fly its flag and fish near TN coast while killing any TN fishermen who sail past the international maritime bounbdary.

Instead of warning Lanka not to kill TN fishermen, India excuses it saying they crossed the boundary.

I know some people here would jump in and blame UPA and the ultimate villainess Sonia for it. This happened when BJP was in power and Vajpayee was PM.
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On this same January 22, 2011 meeting with Vaiko, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did not condemn the killings either. Instead he downplayed the killings. He told Vaiko that Pakistan had also arrested Gujarati (north Indian) fishermen. Vaiko pointed out that Pakistan did not shoot at them (Actually there was one instance of shooting in which a Gujarati fisherman was killed and Indian External Affairs Ministry immediately called Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner to the ministry and registered a protest. No one said that the Gujarati fisherman might have crossed the IMBL into Pakistani waters. No one said that Sri Lanka has killed so many Tamil Nadu fishermen, so this one Pakistan killing is not a big deal. Pakistan understood that India was taking the matter seriously and would not tolerate further killings. In case of Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu fishermen, everyone from senior Navy commanders, National Security Adviser (NSA), external affairs minister and the prime minister are justifying or downplaying Sri Lankan Navy killings. So Sri Lanka takes it that India is not taking the killings seriously and continues with the attacks with impunity.

Finally the Prime Minister assured Vaiko that India would take up the issue with Sri Lanka SERIOUSLY to ensure that such attacks were not repeated. Sri Lankan Navy is attacking Tamil Nadu fishermen for over two decades and has killed at the least 77 fishermen [Reference 1]. Why was the issue not taken up SERIOUSLY so far? Is Tamil blood cheap?
http://www.tamiltribune.com/08/1202.html
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Now, in October 2011, a top, mainline political leader whose allegiance to India is solid has pointed out the different treatment Tamilnadu fishermen are getting from the Indian government. This is what Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and head of AIADMK has told Indian Foreign Secretary: ""Incidents of apprehension and assault of fishermen belonging to Tamil Nadu by the Sri Lankan navy should be viewed not as an assault on Tamil fishermen, but as an assault on Indian citizens and should be viewed as an act of provocation and aggression against India by Sri Lanka, similar to firing across the borders of India by neighbours such as Pakistan and China" (Times of India (online edition), October 10, 2011).

In her address to the National Development Council on October 22, 2011, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa again brought the discriminatory treatment of Tamilnadu fishermen. She said, “Even attacks on fishermen belonging to Tamil Nadu in the Palk Bay by Sri Lanka are not looked upon as acts of aggression against India. This issue is merely looked upon as a minor problem concerning Tamil Nadu alone. The Centre seems to think that the lives of fishermen belonging to Tamil Nadu are worthless and do not call for any potent action.” (The Hindu (online edition); October 22, 2011)

May be, in the eyes of Hindi-dominated Indian Government, Tamil Nadu fishermen are expendable third class citizens compared to the first-class citizens of Hindi states. Are Tamil Nadu fishermen merely the stepchildren of Bharat Matha (Mother India)?
http://www.tamiltribune.com/11/1201.html
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It is time to scrap the SL agreement and retake Katcha Theevu.

But, UPA will not - never - do that. BJP/ BDA not likely to do that. Only someone with some "rambo" style attitude may - just may do such a retake.