Bangladeshi political analysts urge India to refix ties with Dhaka
The HinduIndia will benefit if it supports the current transition government in Bangladesh and moves to build relationships with other political parties instead of “focussing on one person and party”, political analysts, foreign relations and security experts said on Sunday. Mr. 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 retired major general ANM Muniruzzaman said India “must see the reality in Bangladesh where a people’s revolution has happened”. Then, Mr. Kabir said, the new reality unfolded with the students’ movement during the last one month “and then the whole community of people joined them and that saw the ouster of Prime Minister Hasina’s 15-year regime on August 5.” Referring to the U.N. human rights commissioner’s report released two days ago saying that at least 650 people died in the last one month, the former diplomat insisted that the “massacre has qualitatively changed the whole context”.