Securing Seven Sisters Permanently and Giving Them Access to Sea Has To Be A National Priority After Muhammad Yunus’ Invitation To China.
Rajiv Upadhyay
If there was any doubt about intentions of the new Islamist Bangladesh government , it has been set aside by Mohammed Yunus’ visit to China . His invitation implied China to take over land locked north East and set up factories in Bangladesh for the entire market .
Is this why we liberated Bangladesh ?
Bangladesh will ultimately align with Pakistan the way Avadh nawab aligned with Abdali on Islamic consideration . In a true Bhutto style, sooner or later ,it will acquire nuclear missiles and bombs . Chinese will be more than willing to oblige . So we do not have to fear that eventuality , it will happen irrespective of whether we now secure our Eastern India by expanding Siliguri corridor by sixty miles by taking over Rangpur and take over Chittagong port and connect it to Indian main land now or suffer another Pakistan in years to come. Ultimately Israel has to be our role model in issues of national security.
Nation remembers Indira Gandhi so fondly and so much now . Even Atal Bihari Vajpayee had to praise her leadership. A poor India could achieve it by deft diplomacy and courage of leadership.
Now we are much more capable economically and militarily . We have adequate contacts in both Islamic and Western World . Russia will silently support without coming out in open due to China . Israel will be in total support . China can win over Trump by offering a big economic package . Iran , Saudi and Egypt can be assured that Yunus had crossed the red line by threatening Indian security .We must deal with Trump now urgently and assure that our actions are totally a reaction to a deadly security threat .
Situation will never be better again .
We cannot let Yunus and Bangladesh get away after this . It will be akin to stop playing Cricket after Mumbai and Parliament attack by our brilliant economist PM . BNP government’s past record has not been very reassuring . Zia Ur Rahman had murdered Mujib and had created SAARC to pressurise India collectively . So we need not wait for elections . Sheikh Hasina cannot win at present. Whoever else wins will ultimately acquire nuclear capability and misbehave with impunity like Pakistan . We can assuage hurt Bangladesh feelings later and be prepared for a north East flare up by clandestine ISI support .
ISI has deadly sleeper cells in India . It will definitely activate them . Several blasts and drones will cut our railway line . We have to be ready . Ganga and other river water has to be used but our barrages will need protection. But at the same time creating a support base in nationalist secular Bengalis in Bangladesh will be important and is possible .
So the country has to move beyond symbolism of surgical strike and remove this security threat once for all.
