Sheikh Hasina's Fall: What Next for India?
Sheikh Hasina's Fall: What Next for India?
Bangladesh was practically a puppet government of Delhi under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina until now. Like Sikkim's Lendup Dorje, Sheikh Hasina, an authoritarian dictator, transformed Bangladesh into a virtual "state" of India by appeasing Delhi. Sheikh Hasina did not have the courage to speak in the language that Mamata Banerjee spoke against Modi.
Bangladesh was practically a puppet government of Delhi under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina until now. Like Sikkim's Lendup Dorje, Sheikh Hasina, an authoritarian dictator, transformed Bangladesh into a virtual "state" of India by appeasing Delhi. Sheikh Hasina did not have the courage to speak in the language that Mamata Banerjee spoke against Modi. In this context, India created its own people in the state administration and government of Bangladesh, private administration, law enforcement forces, and even within the army. They (Indian civil servants and members of the law enforcement force) practically run Bangladesh. From the global pandemic Corona to taking every important decision of the country, they have seen the interests of Delhi first. Sheikh Hasina has committed terrible cruelty on the people by forcing India's Foreign Secretary Sujata Singh to participate in the elections before the 2014 elections, sealing the ballots at night in the 2018 elections, and coming to power behind the scenes with the help of India in the 2024 elections of 'dummy candidates.'
After 16 years of this brutality, the government of India and Modi's dancing puppet Sheikh Hasina brought down the regime in the mass reception of the country's students. Sheikh Hasina has now fled to India. The question is whether Bangladesh has now been freed from India's conspiracy. The answer is 'no'. Bureaucrats in government administration, police administration, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), army, and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) still remain Indian subservient officers and are waiting for misdeeds. After Sheikh Hasina's escape, there are incidents like setting fire to various state buildings, beating people, attacking police stations, attacking the houses of minorities, and trying to attack temples. Who is doing these? Unpleasant, but the truth is that those people in the blessed administration of India are behind this scandal. These people are in the current police administration, intelligence wing of the army, RAB, BGB, administration, and other sectors. Even from the central committee of the ousted Awami League to the district and upazila committees, this Indian agent is hiding. After Sheikh Hasina's escape, they are creating anarchy through murder, arson, and destruction of state resources and are creating an environment for India to take a position in favour of the ousted Sheikh Hasina regime.
Earlier we saw that the leader of Awami League's affiliate, Jubo League, hired a terrorist for Tk 5 lakh to set fire to a BRTC bus in Chittagong. This news was revealed in the media. Awami League- supported Bus Owners' Association leaders torched cars at two Metrorail stations. There is footage of those who attacked Setu Bhavan, Directorate of Disaster Management, Directorate of Health in Mohakhali. But they were not published. Everything has been done in an attempt to divert the anti-discrimination student movement. Yesterday also, two leaders of the Chhatra League were caught by the police while attacking a Hindu temple in Chatkhil, Noakhali, and setting it on fire. Now the crimes that have been happening in the country for the last 24 hours are actually done by the local agents of India. Those who are still missing in various sectors, including the law enforcement forces of the government. Because there was no religious issue in the anti-discrimination student movement. Students of all religions participated in the quota movement. The leaders of the organisation called for no vandalism, burning of state property, and attacks on people's homes. Even after the escape of Sheikh Hasina, the student leaders have instructed the countrymen to set up a sharp eye, expressing the fear that the Indian agents may attack the houses of Hindus and take the situation in a different direction. The early anti-discrimination student movement was not without unpleasant incidents. When the government brought the Chhatra League into the field with weapons and ammunition, Obaidul Quader, shouted that 'Chhatra League is enough to discipline them'. Since then, the police and Chhatra League started shooting and killing people like birds. The students are also forced to resist.
The international media reported that the Narendra Modi government was surprised at first after Sheikh Hasina escaped with her sister Rehana and 14 people and took shelter in Delhi. Then the two countries took a strict position on the border. The central BJP government has held an all-party meeting in India regarding the Bangladesh uprising. There, the Minister of Foreign Affairs briefed the MPs about the situation. S Jaishankar. It is said that Jaishankar briefed the all-party meeting about the fall of Sheikh Hasina, handling the situation of the army, and protest demonstrations. At the same time, he informed everyone about the steps taken by the Government of India to deal with possible security, economic, and diplomatic reactions to the situation. Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, and others were present in that meeting. In that meeting, Rahul Gandhi wanted to know whether Sheikh Hasina was ousted by any foreign power. He wants to know what the Indian government should do in this situation.
With the fall of Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh has to be careful in the war-torn situation with India. However, the United States is already keeping an eye on what the interim government of Bangladesh will look like. The European Union has also said that it is keeping an eye on the new government and the overall situation in Bangladesh. Yet Hindutva India is like a poisonous snake. No one knows when the cover will be lifted. It has already been demanded that Sheikh Hasina "suspend" the agreements she made with India in the last 16 years for the benefit of Delhi by giving up the country's sovereignty. Later, the agreements will be reviewed, and a decision will be taken. Sheikh Hasina took on the role of an Indian slave in order to maintain her position of power.
There are already demands to send Sheikh Hasina, who fled to Delhi, back to Bangladesh. People of all classes of the country are making this demand. Sheikh Hasina has killed many people, including 58 army officers, in the country at various times, including the BDR rebellion. Apart from this, she committed many massacres. A huge amount of money has been smuggled abroad. She destroyed the constitutional institutions of the country. As a result, her trial has been demanded. As a neighbouring country, India should hand over the perpetrator of the genocide, Sheikh Hasina, to Bangladesh authorities. Yesterday Supreme Court Bar President Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon urged India to arrest Sheikh Hasina in India and send her to Bangladesh. In a press conference of the Supreme Court Bar Association, he said, Hand over Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh. Awami leaders have looted the country under his leadership. Bangladesh Bank should take necessary measures so that they cannot withdraw any money from the bank. Judges who violated their oath and engaged in Awami League politics should face trial. However, India should first hand over Sheikh Hasina to Bangladeshi authorities.
Although India helped in the liberation war in 1971, India could not prove to be a friend of Bangladesh in these long 54 years. At various times, the country has carried out various aggressions, including cultural aggression in Bangladesh. In particular, India's terrible aggression against Bangladesh began in 2008. Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee has written in detail about it in his autobiography. In 2008, India's open occupation of Bangladesh began with the formation of an interim government led by Fakhruddin-Moin U Ahmad. Advocate Sultana Kamal Chakraborty and four advisors resigned from the advisory post of the caretaker government led by President Professor Yazuddin Ahmed in India at that time. At that time, the United States took the strategy of seeing Bangladesh in the eyes of Delhi to use India against China. Due to which, for 17 years, the South Block of Delhi has been a defining state in Bangladesh. The defunct Sheikh Hasina had to carry 'India's No Objection Letter' even when she went on foreign trips when she was Prime Minister.
India has supported the Awami League in three national elections in 2014, 2018, and 2024. During the 2024 dummy election, many candidates declared, 'We are India's nominated candidate. We can't be defeated'. Not only that, some so-called intellectuals and cultural activists within the country have campaigned in favour of a leader in India using the so-called militant card'. Several television channels have contributed to this effort. An English daily and a Bengali daily in the country have played a shameful role over the years in appeasing Delhi loyalists by flying the flag of so-called progressivity! India has leapfrogged the student movement against wealth discrimination. State resources have been burned in an attempt to divert the systematic movement of students. Indian journalists got the news about this fire before Bangladeshi journalists. They reported on it and published analytical reports. During the agitation, BGB members were seen firing on students while speaking in Hindi. The students are holding the BGB member and asking his name. The process of forming an interim government is underway after Sheikh Hasina's escape in the popular uprising. At this time, to give the movement a 'religious colour', some agents of India hiding inside the law enforcement forces and the Chhatra League and Jubo League are attacking the homes and temples of the minorities. Everyone should be careful about this. Because the country is ours. So that no one can attack Hindus, no one can damage anyone's property.
India's all-party emergency meeting of the Modi government seems to have not taken well to Delhi's puppet 'ousting Sheikh Hasina'. Due to which he has strengthened the security at the border by holding an emergency meeting. The two countries have issued a red alert along the 4,156.56 km long international border. Bangladesh authorities should take this matter into consideration. However, the Modi government should also remember that Bangladesh has played a role in keeping the freedom fighters of India's 'Seven Sisters' states silent. Freedom activists who have been protesting in the northeastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura have been demanded in exchange for 'keeping Sheikh Hasina in power'. Manipur independence was declared long before London. They were angry with the Sheikh Hasina regime of Bangladesh for handing over the freedom fighters of 7 states to India to please Modi. The role of Bangladesh is very important to keep the "Seven Sisters" peaceful in the future.
The question is whether India will hand over the fugitive Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh authorities or the Modi government's all-party meeting and the preparation of revenge to strengthen security at the border. At the moment, around 130,000 members of the Indian Army are guarding Indian-administered Kashmir. Out of this, 80,000 troops are deployed along the International Border and Line of Control with Pakistan. The remaining 50,000 troops are deployed inside Jammu and Kashmir, mainly engaged in 'counter-insurgency' or so-called counter-terrorism operations in the Kashmir Valley or Jammu. If India deploys 500,000 army soldiers on the border of Bangladesh to avenge the ouster of Sheikh Hasina of their country. It would be suicidal for them. India's army appears incapable of inflicting any damage on Bangladesh. Bangladesh, home to 18 crore people, will mount resistance. Even the people of West Bengal will oppose Modi's suicidal decisions. The students of the country shook the momentum of Sheikh Hasina in a few days of agitation; Sheikh Hasina could not suppress the students even by mass killing. Those students will form resistance against the Indian army on the border. Not only that, Bangladesh's patriotic army, police, and 18 crore people will disorient Modi's forces.