Salim Reza Dhaka: Historically friendly relations between Bangladesh and India have practically collapsed. Friendly relations between the two neighbors in South Asia have reached a frosty level since Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled to India after the student uprising in Bangladesh last August. However, looking at the events of the last few weeks, it is easy to imagine that the relationship between the two countries is going from a frosty state to an extremely bitter state. This situation started after the arrest of Chinmaykrishna Das, spokesperson of Sammilita Sanatan Jagran Manch of Bangladesh. Chinmaykrishna Das was arrested on November 25 as an accused in a sedition case.
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Meanwhile, the BJP and its allied Hindutva organizations started a movement in West Bengal and Tripura, two Indian states bordering Bangladesh, demanding the release of Chinmaykrishna Das. In that continuation, more than a hundred workers-supporters of an organization called Hindu Sanchash Jot vandalized the High Commission office of Bangladesh in Agartala, the capital of Tripura. The interim government of Bangladesh reacted angrily to this incident. Indian Ambassador to Bangladesh has been summoned. On the other hand, the central government of India also mentioned this incident as ‘very sad’. Tripura police have already arrested 7 people on the charge of attack on the High Commission office.
What is behind the tension between the two neighbors?
On the face of it, it may seem that Sheikh Hasina’s escape to India and the arrest of Chinmaykrishna Das are the source or cause of the recent tension between Bangladesh and India; But the truth is that the roots of this tension are very deep. According to political analysts, the roots of recent tensions with India lie in the suppression and torture of opposition and dissidents during the last 15 years of Awami League rule.
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However, it is true that hostility towards India has increased dramatically in Bangladesh since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government in August. The chief advisor of the interim government of Bangladesh. In an interview last month, Muhammad Yunus blamed Sheikh Hasina for firing on students during the July-August movement in Bangladesh, saying, “We will formally call upon the Indian government to return the fallen dictator of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina.”
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