The rebellion in Bangladesh is not good news for India. This is because of two reasons.
Firstly, this will affect India-Bangladesh bilateral relations to some extent. Secondly, it is feared that the new government formed there will be inclined towards China.
The interim military government cannot be expected to have the same kind of relations as the one led by Sheikh Hasina.
Experts say that it is not good to have political instability in the neighbouring countries with which we share borders. This affects not only diplomatic relations but also trade relations and civil relations.
India shares the longest land border of 4096.7 km with Bangladesh. Similarly, if we talk about diplomatic relations, India was the first country to establish diplomatic relations in 1971 after its existence.
Although Bangladesh’s politics has seen ups and downs in the past five decades and the military president has also been in power, there have not been many ups and downs in India-Bangladesh relations.
Therefore, experts do not consider this incident to be good, but they are not very disappointed.
Likely to remain neutral: Experts
Defence expert Lieutenant General Rajendra Singh said that Sheikh Hasina was pro-India and was in power for a long time. Even before this, when she was in power till 2001, relations with India had strengthened.
At present, the army is going to take over power there, whose stance is likely to be neutral towards India. We have to understand that when the army takes over after a coup in Pakistan, it works against India, but this will not happen in the case of Bangladesh.
It is certain that the army’s attitude can be harsh. Secondly, in future if Sheikh Hasina’s Bangladesh Awami League party does not form the government there and some other party forms the government, then there is a fear that it may lean towards China.
Third, there is a fear that the activities of fundamentalist elements may increase in Bangladesh, which were kept under control to a large extent during the rule of Sheikh Hasina. It will be the responsibility of the Bangladesh government to control them, but indirectly they can influence the Indian public opinion to some extent.
Departure to London via India
As far as Sheikh Hasina’s departure to London via India is concerned, it will not affect relations with Bangladesh.
India did only what it could as per diplomatic protocol by not allowing them to stay here. Therefore, it will have no effect on the stance of the new Bangladesh government.
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