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Whatever might we stand to gain from this ?
The Indian state has been the nicest thing ever, to a fault even.
A de jure protectorate with little (if any) meddling.. basic fairness only type. Never went full de facto loco, despite...
Handed back to the people in good faith
.. then some on your side have the gall to call us out for a 'bagal me chhuri' ?
jis din nikli na..
@Guru Dutt @Krishna with Flute .. tell him
Your claim that India as an innocent country has not gained from a divided Pakistan since 1971 - is not true.
Neither is the claim that Indira Gandhi deployed troops in 1971 to help the Mukti Fauj for altruistic reasons.
Loss of one front in EP immensely helped India's security scenario, letting her concentrate on only the Western front. And opened up the Bangladeshi market for Indian goods, opened and exploited for fifty two years. It's open even now.
BJP people in India claim that Bangladesh is "dependent" on Indian goods (as if they import for free) and they will "starve" if India stops exporting Onions, Potatoes and Sugar.
I think Bangladesh will for sure stop importing Indian goods now and you will see the result. No buyer is dependent on any seller, they can always find other sources to import common commodities from (Yes even cotton). Bangladeshis have absolutely nothing to lose.
Indian troops could have moved into East Pakistan by April 1971 but waited eight months just so Muktis could conduct most of the guerrilla war on attrition to weaken Niazi's situation. That eight months of bloodshed (I'd say majority Hindu blood spilled because they simply were Hindu and could not run away fast enough) could have been avoided by Indian Army action and intervention, but the Indian generals (Manekshaw included) sat on their collective butts, letting the Hindu bloodshed continue. Such was Indian concern for Bangladeshi Hindus.
Whatever the reason, I think there is now increasingly bad blood between people and politicians of both countries, and such bad blood cannot be beneficial for the long term. An Indian apology for Hasina's 15 year misrule (helped by Indian assistance) may cool things down, but I don't think Bangladeshis are holding their collective breath on that.
Indian BJP supporter media doing false liar propaganda and lungi dance does not help either. All these points were raised when Indian foreign secretary was in town in Dhaka.
Bangladeshis understand that BJP is doing these propaganda for vote reasons - but ultimately boycotts of Indian goods in Bangladesh will only hurt Indian businesses of all sizes, including the size of Adanis and Ambanis.
No useless "Ha-Ha" reaction will change any Bangladeshi resolve.
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