Bangladesh Elections and the Spectre of Violence: Why January 5th Polls Matter for India

Bangladesh has Indian foreign policy-makers on the tenterhooks for some serious reasons. The orgy of violence and bloodbath unleashed by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the main opposition, and its vicious ally Jamaat-e-Islami in the last couple of months has put India in a parlous situation. The 18-party opposition alliance led by BNP and the Jamaat-e-Islami has announced that they won't participate in the upcoming general elections in Bangladesh. The bone of contention here is a tussle ...

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