Bangladesh Begum’s India Visit: Real Or Ephimeral? – Analysis
Can
ideology and political agenda change overnight? At least, that is the message
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum
Khaleda Zia carried when she arrived in India on October 28 for an
eight-day visit.
The entire Bangladeshi policies went through a
regressive storm, especially during the BNP’s rule from 2001 to 2006. The
ruling four-party alliance comprising mainly of the BNP and JEI marked India as the
main enemy. Those were tense years. The JEI spoke about winning the majority in
Parliament by 2013 and bringing Bangladesh
under Sharia law. Some BNP leaders also floated an idea of confederation type
of relationship with Pakistan .
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