Bangladesh to restore all pre-1965 land routes with India, says Sheikh Hasina

[Kaniska]

Can control, you mean. BD is pretty much an Indian puppet state, both sides are only pretending otherwise.

I would say it other way around...As you can see BD is a puppet state, India's N-E can be puppet of BD, if BD plays its card rightly...Indian N-E requires support of BD, and BD can make their wild card to India by creating more dependancy of itself with right price and allowing transport corridor to India's N-E....And if i am not wrong, Mrs Hasina is doing exactly the same now...She is just playing with India by her strength...Allowing transport access to India and then demand something more tangible from India in return...

 

[Nilgiri]

An Indian would feel more at home in BD than in SL or Nepal I suppose.

Depends, but I agree with your overall point here.

 

[Kaniska]

pakistan and BD have nothing between them . BD is other side of india away from pakistan 2200km. i don't know why some of our guys still give BD importance ? just for sake of india? man leave them alone and lets live in 2015 . BD is free country whatever they want to do let them do it. its non of our business .

Spot on...I think BD gets importance with Pakistan just because, India is in picture.But unfortunately, India and BD relation is not so bad like India and Pakistan....So BD does not simply feel the need to allign with Pakistan...That does not mean that BD hates Pakistan rather in simple term, Pakistan does not matter anything to BD except when BD want to irritate India then it will talk about Pakistan....

I think we the South Asian people should really grow up...And India being the largest democracy should start being more flexible to its neighours.....We have to start the process of reconciliation at some point of time...So why not now...At least we can start it in PDF itself...

I proposed on another thread...Narendra Modi is few kind of leader from India after Indira Gandhi, who has the capacity to take bold descisons...And i hope he will do something bold to do something with this Kashmir issue...

 

[Nilgiri]

I proposed on another thread...Narendra Modi is few kind of leader from India after Indira Gandhi, who has the capacity to take bold descisons...And i hope he will do something bold to do something with this Kashmir issue...

Geopolitical nuances w.r.t Pakistan will come in the 2nd term or even later (unless Pakistan unilaterally makes some major concessions). Right now focus is on setting the economy on the right track to grow India's short and long term strength.

 

[Kaniska]

You serious? We have everything in common, except the religion. An Indian would feel more at home in BD than in SL or Nepal I suppose.

To some extent you are true..I am from Eastern Part of India...So i will be more at ease at BD rather than Pakistn, Sri Lanka...Because, at the end of the day, our food habbit, the way people behave and the mindset of the people are alligned between BD, W Bengal, Assam and Odisha....But the same may not be true if it is South India...

 

[Perpendicular]

India wants domination in the region, not harmony.

Why shouldn't we want harmonic domination in the region. If India is capable of (and I believe it is) then we will be a dominating power in the region, regardless of what pakistani army thinks of it. It will take few years before most nations around India adjust a harmonic cooperative dominating India in their policy behavior.
It is natural. Similar to when Pakistan wants a parity with India.

 

[Nilgiri]

Why shouldn't we want harmonic domination in the region. If India is capable of (and I believe it is) then we will be a dominating power in the region, regardless of what pakistani army thinks of it. It will take few years before most nations around India adjust a harmonic cooperative dominating India in their policy behavior.
It is natural. Similar to when Pakistan wants a parity with India.

 

[nForce]

impossible to have something like a EU in the sub-continent. First of all the European nations have a common culture and shared religion....There is very little in common between india and Bangladesh apart from the colour of our skin and the liking for cricket. Friendly neighborly relations is the best you can hope, specially when this AL leaders pass away...so keep dreaming because that's as much as it will be.

Wrong with the very first line of your argument. Did not read next.

 

[damiendehorn]

You serious? We have everything in common, except the religion. An Indian would feel more at home in BD than in SL or Nepal I suppose.

Sorry but I don't profess to all this bull about having anything in common (culturally) with an indian, I am proud of my Bangladeshi side. A Russian has more in common with a German, then a Bangladeshi has with an indian.

Wrong with the very first line of your argument. Did not read next.

Well prey do tell. What it is that we have in common?

Religion...NO.
Language...Broadly NO, even in WB the the spoken language is very different and diverging fast.
Food...NO, Bangladesh is primarily a meat (beef, goat, chicken) and fish eaters while WB and india are veg/fish eaters.
Sports...maybe, cricket.

 

[nForce]

Well prey do tell. What it is that we have in common?

Religion...NO.
Language...Broadly NO, even in WB the the spoken language is very different and diverging fast.
Food...NO, Bangladesh is primarily a meat (beef, goat, chicken) and fish eaters while WB and india are veg/fish eaters.
Sports...maybe, cricket.

Neither do the Europeans. What exactly made you think we have to match it like EU to make a common economy like EU ?

 

[mb444]

You seem to have no clue what you are talking about. In BD these opposition parties are hardcore rival, they will try to diminish one another by any means when coming to power. It just shows, you dont have any idea about past and meddling in recent cases. Also AL always is the largest vote bank in the country, India has little to do about it.



For your knowledge China-BD relation just improved. But reduced with Pakistan because we dont have any strategic gain from relation with Pakistan. It was opposition parties delusion which mistakes they kept on doing. Primarily to give space to extremists so that they can destroy their rival forces.



Opposition's duty to is to oppose not help to make strategic decisions.



Source? I thought BAL had at least 40% support in its worse day. Plus 10-12% JP fractions and Mohajot. These are neat support apart from 5% which are independent and wont be part of BNP or BAL.

Strategic national decisions should not be taken without consultation and agreement of the opposition. Such things are beyond party politics and it is always best to take everyone along.

If BAL commanded 40% they would not have had to act out last farcical election process. They are in power by force and by subverting the democratic process and asparation of the people. In an fair and open election I doubt they would poll 10% now. The av person want stability and economic growth... Just because ppl have not revolted does not mean people are happy with BAL. they remain in power due to combination of reasons, ineffectual opposition, hapless media, cowed judiciary, a level of economic competency, Indian interference and subvertion of the military and intelligence operations from national agencies to BAL power apparatus.


When the house of cards fall due to weight of hipocracy, nepotism and anti-democratic goals it will be even more spectacular than before.

 

[That Guy]

Why shouldn't we want harmonic domination in the region. If India is capable of (and I believe it is) then we will be a dominating power in the region, regardless of what pakistani army thinks of it. It will take few years before most nations around India adjust a harmonic cooperative dominating India in their policy behavior.
It is natural. Similar to when Pakistan wants a parity with India.

Domination breeds resistance. You may claim that it is (or will be) easy and inevitable, but it really seems to be the opposite. Despite what many Indians may claim, neighbors are starting to become nervous and looking to balance themselves by increasing relations with it's rivals.

I would say it other way around...As you can see BD is a puppet state, India's N-E can be puppet of BD, if BD plays its card rightly...Indian N-E requires support of BD, and BD can make their wild card to India by creating more dependancy of itself with right price and allowing transport corridor to India's N-E....And if i am not wrong, Mrs Hasina is doing exactly the same now...She is just playing with India by her strength...Allowing transport access to India and then demand something more tangible from India in return...

Not really. Hasina is in power because the Indians want her in power, so if anything, it's the opposite of what you said.

So when you claim that the opposition in Bangladesh wants "good relations" with China and Pakistan, it is gospel. And when I say the same about Nepal, it is an excuse? This is how you debate? By walking into Catch-22 traps like that?

Not really, if you're going to twist my words then you may want to try harder. Nepal and BD are two different situations, which is hard to compare.

You don't even know what a catch-22 is.

 

[RoadRunner401]

This is all part of @BDforever plan, first make the Indians feel welcome then BA BAM takeover India. I fear he will come for Pakistan next

 

[Sam.]

This is all part of @BDforever plan, first make the Indians feel welcome then BA BAM takeover India. I fear he will come for Pakistan next

I feel nobody want to come to Pakistan but then again it's just my silly troll attempt. :x

 

[Kaniska]

Domination breeds resistance. You may claim that it is (or will be) easy and inevitable, but it really seems to be the opposite. Despite what many Indians may claim, neighbors are starting to become nervous and looking to balance themselves by increasing relations with it's rivals.


Not really. Hasina is in power because the Indians want her in power, so if anything, it's the opposite of what you said.


Not really, if you're going to twist my words then you may want to try harder. Nepal and BD are two different situations, which is hard to compare.

You don't even know what a catch-22 is.

That is the problem where Pakistan fails to reach the public opinion of BD...Just to let you know, the public of BD is not as the way it is represented in PDF...If Mrs Hasina would not have support, why the hail they do not come to the streets and out protests...BD has the histroy of protests where people come to streets where they do not like the GOv???...

Of course India feels happy if Mrs Hasina is in power, it is the same way India feels happy when any democratic institution comes to power in Pakistan than Army. That does not mean India support and finances political parties in Pakistan...In this kind of assumption, you are really undermining the importance of public sentiment of BD..