[🇧🇩] Chicken Neck/Siliguri Corridor

[Bilal9]

Nepal wants chicken neck to connect to Bangladesh. They call it land swapping. India rejects.

There was no doubt that India would ever agree though....Nepal's predicament is that although they are coreligionist Hindus just like majority of Indians and although Nepalese have free visaless travel and working rights in India, Indians have just as much suspicion for Nepalese foreign policy, as they do for that of Bangladeshis. Plenty of trust deficit.

 

[Saif]

There was no doubt that India would ever agree though....Nepal's predicament is that although they are coreligionist Hindus just like majority of Indians and although Nepalese have free visaless travel and working rights in India, Indians have just as much suspicion for Nepalese foreign policy, as they do for that of Bangladeshis. Plenty of trust deficit.

India would never let Nepal grow as it has good relation with China. We want Nepal to use our sea ports but for that to happen Nepal needs to get transit right from India which is not going to happen anytime soon.

 

[Bilal9]

India would never let Nepal grow as it has good relation with China. We want Nepal to use our sea ports but for that to happen Nepal needs to get transit right from India which is not going to happen anytime soon.

Once Hasina is gone, then we will have opportunity to reshape the relationship with India and use leverage to get what we want from India. For those who doubt it, there is plenty of leverage, we just have to use it tactfully.

If Didi wants to stand in the way - she will need to reconsider.

 

[PakistanProud]

Once Hasina is gone, then we will have opportunity to reshape the relationship with India and use leverage to get what we want from India. For those who doubt it, there is plenty of leverage, we just have to use it tactfully.

If Didi wants to stand in the way - she will need to reconsider.

Will Hasina ever truly be gone, @Old School are you optimistic that she won’t leave nepotism behind?

 

[Bilal9]

Will Hasina ever truly be gone, @Old School are you optimistic that she won’t leave nepotism behind?

With passing time (this uninformed gareeb banda's opinion is) it is becoming increasingly clear that Hasina is not out of the woods as far as losing her gaddi.

Every day - I get credible reports multiple times a day (as understandable) from sources both personal and media (some approved by @Old School bhai such as Netra news) - that people are not backing down from their demand that she step down. The fire may be temporarily out, but the embers are still very much burning.

People want her gone, period.

She recently added grease to the fire by banning Jamaat and its student wing political activities.

More importantly, it is also increasingly clear (and evident) that the US (Peter Haas who is US Ambassador and Don Lou who is US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs et al) may also want her to step down though they have not made it public yet. This is my information through my own sources.

But the final word I leave to the words of @Old School bhai who is much better informed, he may correct me if needed.

 

[Old School]

Will Hasina ever truly be gone, @Old School are you optimistic that she won’t leave nepotism behind?

Nepotism is unfortunately an integrated part of the entire South Asian culture. It will remain so until the end of the world.
The history since 1972 - today for Bangladesh as a separate state tells a different story, and I have closely studied each year since 1972 - today more than any human being you can ever meet, let alone in this forum.
When Hasina's father, Sheikh Mujib, was killed during a late-night coup on 15 August 1975, India did nothing despite having a 25-year defense treaty. Indian ambassador to Dacca was even in close communication with the new regime, who promised them that Bangladesh would not do anything against India. Instead, India banned any news about this killing in India under extraordinary emergency power by Indira Gandhi. I personally know the people who killed her father Sheikh Mujib. However, all subsequent Bangladeshi rulers have been more or less India-compliant.
The state of Bangladesh has been an Indian project since its birth, whether Bengalis like to hear it or not. India is their biggest neighbor from three sides of their border with the Bay of Bengal in the south. Anyone who comes after Hasina will be no different unless Bangladesh changes its name. lol

 

[Bilal9]

Nepotism is unfortunately an integrated part of the entire South Asian culture. It will remain so until the end of the world.
The history since 1972 - today for Bangladesh as a separate state tells a different story, and I have closely studied each year since 1972 - today more than any human being you can ever meet, let alone in this forum.
When Hasina's father, Sheikh Mujib, was killed during a late-night coup on 15 August 1975, India did nothing despite having a 25-year defense treaty. Indian ambassador to Dacca was even in close communication with the new regime, who promised them that Bangladesh would not do anything against India. Instead, India banned any news about this killing in India under extraordinary emergency power by Indira Gandhi. I personally know the people who killed her father Sheikh Mujib. However, all subsequent Bangladeshi rulers have been more or less India-compliant.
The state of Bangladesh has been an Indian project since its birth, whether Bengalis like to hear it or not. India is their biggest neighbor from three sides of their border with the Bay of Bengal in the south. Anyone who comes after Hasina will be no different unless Bangladesh changes its name. lol

Well I have to agree with you reluctantly.

Bangladesh' climb up the ladder cannot be gained by opposing or ignoring India.

But actively engaging and negotiating things diplomatically with India as opposed to unconditional one-way subjugation by India (as practiced by the incumbent administration) are two different things. One can say confidently that Hasina has sold us down the river to India. In spite of the fact that the Indians did nothing to save her Dad's hide.

There are few examples where one larger nation like India controls another nation's infrastructure (Mongla port in Bangladesh). This is not a sustainable scenario, no one in Bangladesh will accept this except the few Awami League folks under Hasina.

Hasina will lose her ability to govern based on this one fact alone. Just my two cents.