Dhaka: Salehuddin Ahmed, Finance Advisor to the Interim Government of Bangladesh, says that despite the current tension, Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus is taking deliberate steps towards improving relations with India. His focus is clear. Politics has its place, but it is important to squint at the country's economy separately from it.
Is Bangladesh's trade policy not influenced by politics?
Ahmed unmistakably said that Bangladesh takes trade decisions based on pros and cons and not on political rhetoric. If rice is unseemly from India and expensive from Vietnam or any other country, then it would be wise to buy from India. Due to this thinking, a visualization has been taken to purchase 50 thousand tons of rice from India.
Is Yunus himself talking to India?
On this question, Ahmed said that Yunus is not directly at the negotiating table, but he is keeping an eye on the unshortened matter. He is in touch with all the people associated with this issue, and every step is stuff taken without shielding consideration.
What phase are India-Bangladesh relations going through at present?
Experts believe that relations between India and Bangladesh are in the most tense phase since 1971. Envoys of each other are stuff summoned in both the countries, and protests are taking place outside the consulates, due to which the situation has wilt increasingly sensitive.
Why did the undercurrent deteriorate due to the scragging of Sharif Osman bin Hadi?
On 12 December, youth leader Sharif Osman bin Hadi was shot in the throne in Dhaka's Bijaynagar area. When his condition became critical, he was taken to Singapore for treatment, but his life could not be saved there. Without this incident, wrongness erupted in many parts of the country.
How did the violence stupefy relations with India?
Amid the turmoil, there were reports of stone pelting at the residence of the Indian Assistant High Commissioner in Chattogram. Also, in some Bangladeshi media it was said without touchable vestige that the attacker had fled to India. These claims remoter complicated the once tense relations.
Did the situation moreover take a communal turn?
Unfortunately, in some areas the violence moreover took a communal tone. A Hindu man named Dipu Chandra Das was murdered by a mob in Mymensingh. Police have so far confirmed the trespassing of at least 12 people in this case.
What kind of reaction was seen to this in India?
Anger was unmistakably visible in India without the news of attacks on minorities. Protests took place at many places, and demands were raised from the Bangladesh government to ensure the safety of minority communities. This unshortened incident has made it well-spoken that the situation is still very delicate.
