The older BD members, if they have followed my posts much earlier, would know that I quite rightly predicted such move.
One thing people should realize about Hasina is that she is an extremely cunny woman and BD politics is dirty to the very core. If you have to survive in our political environment, the only way to go about is having a ruthless attitude with an very sharp mind. Hasina, to her credit, has such capabilities. You simply cant be PM for 3 terms in a row if you are playing just by the rules. Hasina does what she has to do when it suits her. She will sing along with Modi when it comes to keeping the bilateral relations intact and ensuring not making enmity out of a much powerful neighbor and for her political survival as well. As much as you hate India, you cannot deny the immense capability this nation has in terms of science/tech, military, resources, politics and corporations. Unless you are China (upcoming superpower) or to a certain extent Pakistan (nukes), its not wise to create conflict when you have 160 million mouths to feed, cloth and house.
Having said that, you have seen how she also fondles with China when needed. All our military and economic investments come from them but never seen a single AA gun or a major infrastructure tender going to India. They begged us and still begging us to buy arms from them, gave a random $500m loan to go with it. Nothing happened to pass apart from buying some transport vehicles and getting dogs! Why is that? Logic dictates that if she is a 'puppet', as people call her, this should not be happening.
And when it comes to her attitude towards Pakistan, let me refresh your goldfish memory. The problem only started when she decided to hang the razakars and Pakistan, out of absolutely no where and with absolutely no need, decided to pass a resolution in its parliament condemning the hanging. This is a very sensitive topic in Bangladesh and was also one of Hasina's biggest milestones. Pakistan had no business meddling into this as it was our internal matter and should have just left it as it was.
Last time I checked,
Did BD parliament pass a resolution condemning any issue related to Baluchistan?
Did BD parliament pass a resolution condemning when Islamic Republic of Pakistan sold JF-17 to Myanmar despite their genocidal attempt on the muslim Rohingyas?
No. Why? Cuz we dont give a flying fck on what other nation does with their internal money, military or politics. The matter does not concern us. That's the way it should be. You dont poke your nose into someone else's business, especially when you have not-so-fond history with them. You want to take a jibe at them? Be ready to take a jibe back without playing victim.
Despite all of the above, the trade and movement between the two nations has continued without problem. This is because Hasina realizes that development and politics are mutually exclusive. You don't mix the two if you want to progress. Credits should also be given to Imran Khan as well, a very intelligent politician, who had a cordial approach since the beginning towards BD and Hasina and probably also shares the same vision of developing Pakistan economically. For this, we need to work together and he probably also realizes that. He took steps to calm the relations by calling and sending in good words and now Hasina is responding. This is what should have been the case from the very beginning, further reiterating my earlier point: you reap what you sow.
Having said that, I hope things only get better from here. We have a very rowdy neighbor and the remaining of us should stay in good faith so that we can help each other out in need. Do remember that nothing is permanent in politics. These small jibes at each others should be least of our concerns. If US and Japan can be best buddies after the former almost wiping off the later from the face of this earth, anything is possible.
