The significance of Bangladesh’s election for India
Looking the Hostile relation with Pakistan and China, it’s very important to have continuation of a friendly administration in many ways with Bangladesh. So, elections are keenly watched by India.
The reasons are, India shares a 4096 Km of border, the longest among all neighbours. It’s also a rapidly growing economy, and under the guidance of Muhammad Yunus, a noble prize winner in microfinance, they have reasonable investment in fixed markets, we can say considering asset class allocation percentagewise more than India.
India’s relations with Bangladesh’s main electoral parties
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Sheikh Mujib ur Rehman, to whom India supported for a campaign of an independent Bangladesh. That is well remembered by Sheikh Hasinaji, on 15 August 1975, in a coup planned by a coterie of middle-level army officers, when Rehman was assassinated, India had given shelter to her and her sister Sheikh Rehana.
On the other hand, Khaleda Zia, and her Bangladesh National party (BNP) have never been as warm as Hasina and having close links with Islamist fundamentalist groups in Bangladesh, out of which some are influenced by Pakistan and also seen as close ties with China.
How is Bangladesh crucial to India’s security?
First action of Hasina after her Awami league won the 2008 election was to handover key leaders of the secessionist ULFA to India. (ULFA’s main objective has been an Independent Assam. In Zia’s tenure, 2001-2006, was seen as the period when ULFA and other anti-India groups secured shelter and support in Bangladesh.
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