Will Hasina Apologize To Sanatani Hindus? – OpEd |
India’s immediate neighbour, Bangladesh that witnessed turmoil following the demise of a young radical leader Sharif Osman Bin Hadi amid anti-Bharat rhetoric, gradually returns to normalcy, as the south Asian nation is preparing for its next general election. The highly sought after polls, scheduled for 12 February 2026, after the sitting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina faced an overthrow in the backdrop of a student-led mass uprising in July-August 2024, will however miss the participation of Hasina’s party Awami League, which used to rule the Muslim majority country of 170 million people for several terms.
The ousted premier along with thousands of her party continue to stay in neighbouring India even after she faces a death sentence by a Bangladeshi court for her crimes against humanity during last year’s rebellion that resulted in the casualties of over 1400 individuals including the minors. Ignoring repeated official communiqués from the current interim regime led by Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus in Dhaka, India still remains non-committal over her repatriation. It caused a strain on diplomatic relations between Dhaka and New Delhi, and lately Bangladesh’s bilateral ties with the billion plus nation have only worsened.
Many anti-Hasina campaigners rumoured that the Hadi’s killers entered the Indian territory soon after the shooting attack in Dhaka on 12 December, following which the Inqilab Mancha leader was later flown to Singapore for advance-treatment but he succumbed to injuries on 18........