India should worry because the impoverished fishermen of North Lanka could become anti-India and also go into the waiting arms of China which is eyeing the North Lankan fisheries sector for its investments. - dbsjeyaraj.com | dispatchist.com

India and Sri Lanka had been at odds for most of the 20 th.However, a new factor, the intrusion of China into the economy of Sri Lanka through its massive Belt and Road projects in 2010, raised the hackles of the Indian government.China's acquisition of the strategically located Hambantota port on a 99-year lease only underscored the fear, which was fed further by the notion that China is deliberately pushing Sri Lanka into a debt trap to acquire real estate of strategic value.However, despite these discouraging developments, the Narendra Modi government did not disengage or take a hard stand on…