#Katchatheevu
By raking up the Katchatheevu ‘issue’ just before the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections, and at the fag end of his second consecutive tenure, the Prime Minister has only betrayed his desperation for his party to get a firmer political toehold in Tamil Nadu. The top leader does not seem to have been briefed adequately on the subject, as the Editorial and reports in The Hindu (April 2) show. And, his External Affairs Minister seems to have scored a self-goal. One hopes that the Prime Minister would heed the advice given by some of India’s former and distinguished diplomats (Inside pages, “Ex-diplomats caution govt. on Katchatheevu”, April 2). Electoral expediency should not be allowed to shape the contours of India’s foreign policy.
S.K. Choudhury,
