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Bangladesh's
Opposition Launches "India Out" Campaign
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34 Bangladesh's Opposition Launches "India Out" Campaign
in Bangladesh, a new campaign is brewing for Bangladesh but not really for
the neighborhood it's India the trend began in the Maldives but some in
Bangladesh are now buying in specifically the opposition the BNP the Bangladesh
nationalist party BNP They ruled the country for a long time but in 2009 they
lost power and since then it's been a downward spiral the BNP boycotted
elections in 2014 and in 2019 they won just five seats so this is a party in
crisis could that explain the BNP's new strategy
Reports say the plan was created by Tark Rahman he's the acting
chairman of the BNP also the eldest son of Z Rahman and Khalid AIA General Z
was the dictator who founded the BNP party and Khalida Zia is a former
prime minister so Tark Rahman is political royalty but he doesn't live in
Bangladesh he lives in London in Exile and from there he's reportedly
coordinating this campaign it's mostly playing out on social media take a look
at this post for instance the account has more than 50,000 followers it says
boycott Indian
products other accounts have joined in they're using the hashtag
India out they say India is destroying Bangladesh just a couple of problems so
a India doesn't meddle in other countries New Delhi did not appoint shik Hina
as prime minister the people of Bangladesh did and B destroyed what exactly
Bangladesh has prospered in the last decade it is set to become a developing
nation in 2026 meaning it will be in the same category as China and India so
the campaign itself is confusing but it's on point for the BNP
under their rule Bangladesh was closer to Pakistan the society was
radicalized and anti-India sentiments grew shik Hina corrected all this she has
inherited the vision of her father Shik Mujibur Rahman the father of Bangladesh
too he was convinced that Dhaka's future was linked to New Delhi's and shik Hina
thinks the same but does everyone in her party agree and I'll tell you why I
asked this question the new Bangladesh cabinet has raised some eyebrows some
pro-India names are missing like Abdul M he served
as foreign minister from 2019 to 2023 but now he's been replaced
and man was a good friend of India he defended New Delhi during multiple
crisis listen in but as I understand they tried to make jokes about the you
know honorable prime minister of India this is not acceptable are you
condemning it of course we do we believe she you see the we are very proud of
India because they don't do immature things we have a very solid relationship
India it is because of the leadership of Prime Minister Modi Narendra Modi uh
there is an agreement for the Declaration another example is Abdul
razak he was Bangladesh's Minister for agriculture again a good friend of India
this time he's been from the cabinet at the same time some new faces are in
like Salman Fur Rman he's an adviser to shik Casina Pakistan's president Arif
Ali calls him a childhood friend should New Delhi read into these changes not
too much we'd say shik Hina dropped 16 sitting ministers so she wanted a reset
anyway as for the new foreign minister India can get a pulse
soon he is slated to visit New Delhi next month which should give us a
better idea finally what about India frankly it looks like a desperate
political strategy because Bangladesh is not the media it's a country of 170
million people so big neighbors won't intimidate them
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