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India should have annexed Bangladesh: Assam BJP MLA

Actually at that time in 1971 India could have annexed Bangladesh. It was already cut off from west Pakistan to be able to provide any support or backup to the then East Pakistani forces(which was one of the major causes of the war being lost)

...and Mukti Bahini and other various groups didn't have enough firepower/equipment to stop Indian advance on its own.

The only thing that could've kept India from doing so would've been international pressure.

Would the Mukti and any self-determined Bangladeshi be sitting there doing nothing in that case?

Could that situation have lasted beyond a few years - especially given the Indians' cowardly proclivities and given what we just did to the Pakistani Army, supposedly the hallowed vaunted force defending your country?

We aren't afraid of spilling some blood. At any time.

See how many different cowardly collections of subservient Indian ethnicities there are in India?

You see any of them with their own sovereign country?

What do you think?
 
Local politics to appeal to his/her voters. We have friendly relations with B'desh. We will continue to do so.
Although it does not mean much but this type of news in media create negative reaction among the populace.Just a few days ago, Indian army chief said outrageous things which created a lot of negative reaction in BD. Just before that an Indian central minister said 'Bangladesh is a bigger enemy than Pakistan'. When Bangladesh is honestly co-operating to all the security concerns of India without any precondition , then these type statements create a sense of betrayal.
 
Would the Mukti and any self-determined Bangladeshi be sitting there doing nothing in that case?

Could that situation have lasted beyond a few years - especially given the Indians' cowardly proclivities and given what we just did to the Pakistani Army, supposedly the hallowed vaunted force defending your country?

We aren't afraid of spilling some blood. At any time.

See how many different cowardly collections of subservient Indian ethnicities there are in India?

You see any of them with their own sovereign country?

What do you think?
Although it's just speculation which way it would've gone...but I'm just stating what I think would've happened, taking into account the ground realities of that time.

I have set aside things like blind nationalism/jingoism and my opinion is based on the following facts...

- Pak forces in east Pakistan were cut off from west Pakistan at the time so they couldn't be reinforced or supplied with materials. Moreover they were being sabotaged by Mukti Bahini and other groups in rebellion in east Pakistan further keeping them from fully utilizing what they did have available in east Pakistan.

- Pak lacked a giant navy that could defeat IN and secure a sea route to east wing to supply troops...the same could be said about PAF. Pak would've needed a huge advantage over either IAF or IN in order to dominate and secure a route either through the air or by sea. If this was the case then Pak forces in the east wing could've held on in defensive positions for a while with the hope of that happening...but that wasn't the case.

These two key factors exacerbated by the civil war/rebellion is what gave India a clear edge on the eastern front...

As for Mukti Bahini and other such groups preventing annexation...
- MB and other groups lacked an effective air and naval arm and would've been more or less powerless against IAF and IN blockade at sea.
- The groups like MB were too fragmented and wouldn't have been as effective if they operated independently. Intelligence from RAW and Indian support helped them to coordinate and be more effective. Naturally if Indian forces decided to annex BD that support would've stopped causing at least some initial hurdles.

What kept India from annexing BD...
- They had built their whole narrative as liberators
- They just wanted to eliminate a second front against them

BD liberation took care of the second part and annexation would've destroyed their narrative in front of the whole world including BD ppl(which would've caused problems later on)...

But most importantly...US was a staunch ally of Pak at that time and there was a huge risk/pressure on India from US and China...so India wouldn't have been able to annex BD without immense(and potentially devastating) consequences. Moreover there would've been an active resistance probably greater in scale than the one that happened in Kashmir...if India was to annex BD.

So in conclusion as far as military capability goes(and ONLY based on that), India could technically annex BD at the time...

...but whether or not it was worth it or whether it could keep BD(taking into account other key factors mentioned above)...most likely not.

In any case what ACTUALLY happened, happened and these kind of stupid statements from this guy can't change a thing. This along with other actions/statements that happen every now and then in India against Bengalis/Bangladeshi/Muslims should rather be an eye opener for BD. There are some Bangladeshi ppl here that are convinced that India is an ally and that they helped liberate BD etc. They should realize that India did it out of its own interests and not bcuz of any alliance or brotherhood. If the circumstances changed and it became in India's interest to oppose BD, they would do so. BD must empower itself in order to be able to secure its own interests with or without a friendly India.
 
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NRC is being updated on a war footing, so you see there is no time for bickering. Changes to that effect will be visible in about 2 months from now.
How did you get into the NRC? Did you use a fake Panchayat certificate to get in? How much did you pay? Where did you show your place of birth? Orissa?
 
A useless fellow saying useless thing... and we are discussing on it... gr8

Some want Gazwa ka halwa... some want 4 pcs of pak... some want 1000 pcs of India... some want 1000 pcs of China... some want Kashmir... some want this and some want that...

AT the end of the day victor get all the laurels and writes the history...
 
How did you get into the NRC? Did you use a fake Panchayat certificate to get in? How much did you pay? Where did you show your place of birth? Orissa?
http://nrcassam.nic.in/faq03.html
I was born and brought up in the Indian state of Assam, more specifically in Hojai whose present MLA Mr. Shiladitya Dev made the above remarks. My father though, was born in erstwhile East Pakistan, a government servant in 1964, barely managed to cross over to the other side when your people burnt our ancestral home down and looted our belongings.

NRC relies on 'legacy data' for identity verification the cutoff date being the midnight of 24th March,1971.

In any case, I wouldn't sweat much on whether my name is included in NRC or in any other list and I suggest you do the same.

Do ask you baba-kaku about the killing fields of Dhaka, Chottogram, Noakhali and Khulna.
 
India should have annexed Bangladesh: Assam BJP MLA
Why to talk about something 46 years old? Does this horrendous Indian think that India did not try it during the liberation by forcing BD a twenty year friendship treaty? That treaty has already been thrown away to the dustbin of history long before the end of its term. Why does not India try to take over BD now instead of lamenting over it?
 
But most importantly...US was a staunch ally of Pak at that time and there was a huge risk/pressure on India from US and China...so India wouldn't have been able to annex BD without immense(and potentially devastating) consequences. Moreover there would've been an active resistance probably greater in scale than the one that happened in Kashmir...if India was to annex BD.
Most importantly, UN would have never recognized such a forceful annexation of a country against the wishes of it's population.75 million people would have turned hostile immediately and any armed struggle of them against the occupying Indian army would have gotten widespread international support as the legitimate independence struggle.

Fortunately Indian leadership never ever thought about this option in 1971.And once Sheikh Mujib demanded to Indira Gandhi of rapid withdrawal of Indian troops as soon as possible, Indian army vacated Bangladesh within 3 months.
 
I have a question. The Bengali origins people living in West Bengal believe in Hindu or Islam?
 
To my Indian friends, this remark from Mr Shiladitya Dev may come across as crude and contrary to the guiding principles of our nation-state but one needs to understand the context of it. It is the voice of collective exasperation of countless Bengali speaking immigrants and tribal groups whose lives and livelihood were torn asunder by one swift stroke of cruel fate.

Our forefathers are ever grateful to the Government of India and the state of Assam for the helping hand lent to us in our moment of need. And we could never repay that debt enough with our blood and sweat.

Joi aai axom! Jai Hind!
 

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