Kolkata: Analysts in India are worried about the turn of events in Bangladesh where violence during Durga Puja celebrations left four people dead and fear being part of a larger conspiracy to destabilize it. sheikh hasina The government there.
While the Bangladesh government is quick to crack down on a series of attacks that began in some towns in Bangladesh’s Comilla district, strategic analysts and former Indian ambassadors feel caution is needed given the renewed rise of Islamists. Establishment of Taliban rule in Afghanistan.
“This is a worrying development and needs to be handled carefully. It is also an attempt to destabilize democracy and communal harmony brought about by the Sheikh Hasina government,” said Ambassador Pinak R Chakraborty, former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh.
“The conspiracy of a radical organization backed by Pakistan is clear. The Bangladesh government has to neutralize these elements,” he said.
Bangladesh’s prime minister had already promised strict action against the perpetrators of the attack in a meeting with Hindu leaders, and several suspects have been arrested. The police there have indicated that the spark of the violent attacks, a Quran found in a worship tableau, was a well-planned conspiracy by miscreants.
“We have reason to believe that this is part of a larger conspiracy by elements hostile to both India and Bangladesh. The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan seems to have encouraged Islamic forces,” said Shantanu Mukherjee, a former IPS officer and security analyst who has served as the national security adviser to Mauritius.
Bangladesh has cracked down on radical Islamist terrorist groups such as Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh in the past and has had its leaders and activists arrested or killed in shelling.
The Taliban recruited a large number of fighters from Bangladesh in the 1990s, forming the core of the extremists who later plagued that country over the past two decades.
The Bangladesh government in recent years has also executed several Jamaat-e-Islami leaders who were involved in war crimes against civilians during that country’s liberation war against Pakistan in 1971. Jamaat-e-Islami had collaborated with the Pakistan Army in 1971. Massacre
“Smarter than the blows inflicted by the war crimes tribunal, it is their (Islamist) way of avenging that could destabilize their government and relations with India,” Ambassador Pinak Chakraborty said.
Many analysts believe that these elements, buoyed by the victory of the Taliban, will try to destabilize the Sheikh Hasina government again.
“We need to worry about the future. While Sheikh Hasina has been extremely effective in dealing with terrorist groups, we must have a program to eliminate radicalization for the future and also see that we are safe from a common threat. Cooperate with the Government of Bangladesh in dealing,” said Ambassador Sarvjit Chakraborty, a member of the think-tank Research Center for Eastern and North Eastern Studies.
Sriradha Dutta, who heads the Vivekananda International Foundation’s South Asia Neighborhood Studies Center and former director of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata: “There is a need for vigilance and realization that the events in the two countries are interdependent.”
Hasina, who has been the target of several coups and assassination attempts in the past, also warned in her statement on Thursday that India should remain vigilant and that nothing should happen in the larger neighborhood that could affect Bangladesh. , without explaining what she was saying. To.
While the Bangladesh government is quick to crack down on a series of attacks that began in some towns in Bangladesh’s Comilla district, strategic analysts and former Indian ambassadors feel caution is needed given the renewed rise of Islamists. Establishment of Taliban rule in Afghanistan.
“This is a worrying development and needs to be handled carefully. It is also an attempt to destabilize democracy and communal harmony brought about by the Sheikh Hasina government,” said Ambassador Pinak R Chakraborty, former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh.
“The conspiracy of a radical organization backed by Pakistan is clear. The Bangladesh government has to neutralize these elements,” he said.
Bangladesh’s prime minister had already promised strict action against the perpetrators of the attack in a meeting with Hindu leaders, and several suspects have been arrested. The police there have indicated that the spark of the violent attacks, a Quran found in a worship tableau, was a well-planned conspiracy by miscreants.
“We have reason to believe that this is part of a larger conspiracy by elements hostile to both India and Bangladesh. The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan seems to have encouraged Islamic forces,” said Shantanu Mukherjee, a former IPS officer and security analyst who has served as the national security adviser to Mauritius.
Bangladesh has cracked down on radical Islamist terrorist groups such as Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh in the past and has had its leaders and activists arrested or killed in shelling.
The Taliban recruited a large number of fighters from Bangladesh in the 1990s, forming the core of the extremists who later plagued that country over the past two decades.
The Bangladesh government in recent years has also executed several Jamaat-e-Islami leaders who were involved in war crimes against civilians during that country’s liberation war against Pakistan in 1971. Jamaat-e-Islami had collaborated with the Pakistan Army in 1971. Massacre
“Smarter than the blows inflicted by the war crimes tribunal, it is their (Islamist) way of avenging that could destabilize their government and relations with India,” Ambassador Pinak Chakraborty said.
Many analysts believe that these elements, buoyed by the victory of the Taliban, will try to destabilize the Sheikh Hasina government again.
“We need to worry about the future. While Sheikh Hasina has been extremely effective in dealing with terrorist groups, we must have a program to eliminate radicalization for the future and also see that we are safe from a common threat. Cooperate with the Government of Bangladesh in dealing,” said Ambassador Sarvjit Chakraborty, a member of the think-tank Research Center for Eastern and North Eastern Studies.
Sriradha Dutta, who heads the Vivekananda International Foundation’s South Asia Neighborhood Studies Center and former director of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata: “There is a need for vigilance and realization that the events in the two countries are interdependent.”
Hasina, who has been the target of several coups and assassination attempts in the past, also warned in her statement on Thursday that India should remain vigilant and that nothing should happen in the larger neighborhood that could affect Bangladesh. , without explaining what she was saying. To.
.