Hindustan Times - Bangladesh turns to India to tide over rough patch in ties with US

[Bilal9]

ByRezaul H Laskar​

Jun 20, 2023 07:45 PM IST

Bangladesh-US relations have been bumpy in recent months, with the American envoy in Dhaka, Peter Haas, repeatedly calling for the holding of a free and transparent general election​

Bangladesh has sought India’s assistance to tide over a rough patch in its relations with the US, especially over the conduct of elections in the neighbouring country, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s party has been in power for 15 years but is facing pressure due to an economic crisis. (File photo)

The Bangladeshi side has raised the matter with the Indian leadership in recent weeks in the hope that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will discuss it with US President Joe Biden at their upcoming meeting in Washington, the people said.

The matter is understood to have figured when Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen met external affairs minister S Jaishankar on the margins of a G20 development ministers’ meeting in Varanasi on June 12.

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It has also been taken up by Bangladeshi officials at other levels with the Indian side, the people said.

Bangladesh-US relations have been bumpy in recent months, with the American envoy in Dhaka, Peter Haas, repeatedly calling for the holding of a free and transparent general election and meeting the chief election commissioner to discuss the matter.

(Bilal's take: one of many signs that Hasina is controlled by Modi and his BJP people)

 

[RealDeal]

Masterstroke by Modi. He convinced US to act tough with the Lungis so they can fall in line.

 

[saif]

Masterstroke by Modi. He convinced US to act tough with the Lungis so they can fall in line.

Indians wear lungis too.

 

[RealDeal]

Indians wear lungis too.

True, but its not national dress like it is in BD

 

[CallSignMaverick]

Indians wear lungis too.

তিনি ভারতীয় নন

 

[Bilal9]

Here are a few examples of Indians who were lungis

Sikhs

South Indians

Actors/celebrities

Even ministers and bhakt prime ministers

In Bangladesh, far lesser numbers of educated people wear lungis out in public compared to India.

Bhakts should actually be more appropriately called "lungis" or as our Pakistani friends say, "Gangu Lungis".

 

[saif]

True, but its not national dress like it is in BD

Lungi is not a national dress in Bangladesh.