I don't want India's N-E to prosper unless and until India gives us a water sharing treaty for all 54 common rivers. Take transit, give water that's the motto recently.
Whilst I agree with your sentiment - it is not very practical.
Indian central government and big states do not care about the Seven Sisters.
BD’s river dispute is with West Bengal and you want to hold the Seven Sisters hostage?
When integration with Seven Sisters will benefit Bangladesh and make them dependent on Bangladesh over West Bengal.
This is cutting your nose to spite your face.
Furthermore, Bangladeshis need to accept some realities:
1. BD is much smaller and less developed in every way to India. E.g. quality of academics and universities
2. India is not a benevolent neighbour and constantly looks for excuses to be nasty
3. Bangladesh can definitely demand high standards from Seven Sisters as quid pro. And control Islamophobia in Assam etc
If you try to go toe to toe on nastiness - India will spank Bangladesh left right and centre.
Look at how Pakistan (nuclear power) is being economically and culturally being marginalised by India.
1. Recent cricket fiascos
2. Banning even British citizens of Pak ancestry from business visa. Hurting their chances of getting management jobs in IT.
3. India slowly penalising businesses for links to Pakistan
All the above will keep getting harder as India’s and Pakistan’s economic gap widens.
Look at how Modi has dramatically shifted the goals on Kashmir! They are following Israel’s annexation policies.
Nuclear armed Pakistan did not do anything.
DO NOT TRY TO BE PAKISTAN WHEN EVEN PAKISTAN CANNOT BE PAKISTAN.
@bluesky @Blue Ocean