Verdict Bangladesh: Dhaka’s New Pivot, Delhi’s New Dilemma

Henceforth, an 'India-baiting' BNP will rule, and an allegedly Hindu 'genocide' normalising Jamaat-e-Islami will sit in Opposition

It’s easy to fall back on sweeping generalisations to describe the outcome of the national election result in Bangladesh. “A New Dawn" has been used, and so has the phrase “A New Page". But nothing on the ground has happened to suggest that we’re witnessing anything even remotely pathbreaking. The election and its buildup itself followed a tired script: the ban on political parties, ballot fixing, violence, and the same parlous flirtations with filthy lucre. The outcome too was on expected lines. Well, almost.

While the victory of the Centre-Right Bangladesh Nationalist Party, led by Tarique Rahman, was guaranteed because of the ban on the Awami League, led by Sheikh Hasina, the emergence from the fringes of........

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