Bangladeshi political analysts urge India to refix ties with Dhaka
Bangladesh and moves to build relationships with other political parties instead of «focussing on one person and party», several political analysts and foreign relation and security experts said on Sunday. After the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, 84, took oath as the Chief Adviser of the interim government on August 8 amid violence and chaos.
Hasina, 76, fled to India on August 5 after she was forced to resign following a massive protest by students against a quota system in government jobs.
«I think understanding should be the starting point for resetting our relationship, having that we have our interdependence, so we need each other to recalibrate our relationship,» head of the leading thinktank Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) Humayun Kabir told PTI.
He said being Bangladesh's next-door neighbour, India was «always with us when we are in difficulty and in the current transition also if they come and support us then I think people of Bangladesh will look at India as a friend».
Kabir, a career diplomat, said India would benefit if it «positively supports» the current transition In Bangladesh along with moving to build relationships with other political parties, instead of «focusing on one person and party» taking into account the «uniqueness» of the change.
President of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) retired major general Muniruzzaman said India «must see the reality in Bangladesh where a people's revolution has happened».
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