Bangladesh ever since August 2024 with the ouster of then duly elected PM Sheikh Hasina by planned and calibrated widespread student riots generated by United States 'Deep State' agencies, has rapidly downslided from stable political and economic pro-India Nation to an unstable, volatile, and economically tottering highly Islamic 'Radicalized State'.
The major plank of the Yunus Administration since taking over is to stoke rabid anti-Indian hysteria, giving greater prominence to Islamic Jihadi outfits, encourage greater involvement of Pakistani Jihadi outfits with Bangladeshi counterparts and a significant intensification of military exchanges with Pakistan Army.
In the runup to Sheikh Hasina's contrived ouster were enough reports that suggested that both United States and China were seeking a 'regime change' in Dhaka.
Nobel Laureate Mohd Yunus, with deep links to US aid-agencies and US NGOs was put in place as Interim Chief Adviser (read PM) to administer the country.
Caretaker PM Yunus has delayed Bangladesh Elections inordinately, presumably, as early elections in Bangladesh does not suit the geopolitical interests of his external political masters.
In the process, Bangladesh under Caretaker PM Yunus has evolved into a highly anti-India State, given wide access to Pakistan Army presence in Bangladesh. In tandem, Bangladesh is buying offensive military hardware from Turkey, yet another State inimical to India.
Hindu minorities are being brutally persecuted and Hindu Temples destroyed. All this under the watch of Nobel Laureate Yunus.
India cannot afford to ignore the geopolitical and military implications of Bangladesh's downslide, especially with growing involvement of Pakistan Army, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
Politically unstable Bangladesh is a serious security risk for India's Northeastern States.
Greater security dangers are posed to Indian security by Pakistan's intelligence agency, the ISI getting added footholds on borders with India's North East States to stoke disruptive operations against India
India must immediately put into place geopolitical, military and economic strategies before Bangladesh assumes "Monstrous Security Threat" proportions jeopardizing the security of India's Sikkim and Arunachal Borders with China.
Geopolitically, India must make Pakistan's Western Frontiers militarily vulnerable by intensification of India's ties with the Afghan Taliban Government. Fortunately, this is in operation.
'Regime Change' option needs to be kept alive by India should April 2026 Elections throw-up an anti-Indian Government in Bangladesh. India's premier external agency RAW should now focus on more "Offensive Intelligence Operations".
In tandem, India must work more proximately with Myanmar to "Heat-Up" Bangladesh's Eastern Borders to checkmate Bangladesh's anti-India adventurism.
In both of the above cases, India will run into geopolitical pressures from United States to desist. United States must be firmly told that India is following the American playlist.
Militarily, Interim PM Yunus has been making veiled threats about Siliguri Corridor and the vulnerability of India's North East being at the mercy of Bangladesh.
India needs to clip Bangladesh's wings by planning and military executing the slicing away of Bangladesh's Northernmost Rangpur Division. This lies astride the Siliguri Corridor. Occupation of Rangpur would enable adding considerable width to India's Siliguri Corridor.
Militarily, the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh should be put under sustained Indian military pressure to rein-in Mohd Yunus's adventuristic streaks.
'Economic Coercion' also needs to be applied and planned for with an ultimate economic blockade by land and sea as a final step. India has already stopped transshipment rights of Bangladesh exports through Indian ports.
'Weaponization of Waters' against Bangladesh also needs to be planned for as is being done in case of Pakistan.
In terms of India's Internal Security, strong National Security imperatives exist to divide West Bengal's Northern Districts astride the Siliguri Corridor into a Union Territory by adding the Darjeeling and Kalimpong Divisions to it.
Concluding, if India wants to emerge as the undisputed Reginal Power of the Indian Subcontinent, then India would need to take and show that India will not hesitate to take 'Hard Decisions' to safeguard its legitimate National Security requirements, including not tolerating external powers to create geopolitical instability in India's neighborhood.
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