US EditionHow Bangladesh Leader’s Threat to Cut Off India’s ‘Seven Sisters’ Has Sparked a Diplomatic Row
NCP leader Hasnat Abdullah threatened to shelter anti-India separatists and sever India's northeastern states, prompting diplomatic backlash and calls for cross-border security measures.
- On Monday, Hasnat Abdullah, National Citizen Party leader, warned Dhaka could shelter forces hostile to India and sever the Seven Sisters at a rally at Dhaka's Central Shaheed Minar.
- The rally followed last week's attempted assassination of Sharif Osman Hadi, was organised by Inqilab Mancha, and drew representatives from BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, Gano Odhikar Parishad, AB Party, and Islami Andolan Bangladesh.
- The Seven Sisters are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura, with Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram sharing land borders with Bangladesh.
- Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry urged New Delhi to arrest suspects linked to last week's attack, while India's Ministry of External Affairs denied allowing hostile activities, and Hasnat Abdullah warned Bangladesh would respond if India shelters forces disrespecting its sovereignty.
- Claims that the Awami League operates from New Delhi have fuelled opposition mobilisation, with NCP leaders planning nationwide resistance rallies on Victory Day against perceived Indian interference.
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How Bangladesh leader’s threat to cut off India’s ‘Seven Sisters’ has sparked a diplomatic row
Anti-India sentiments are increasing in Bangladesh. Earlier this week, National Citizen Party (NCP) leader, Hasnat Abdullah, made hostile remarks against India, threatening to isolate the Seven Sisters — India’s Northeastern states – and providing refuge to Northeast separatists if Bangladesh is destabilised. Amid threats to the Indian mission in Dhaka, New Delhi summoned Bangladesh High Commissioner M Riaz Hamidullah today
Hasnat Abdullah, the southern chief organizer of Bangladesh's National Citizens Party (NCP), made inflammatory statements about India at a rally in Dhaka. He said that destabilizing Bangladesh would have repercussions for the entire region and would lead to the separation of India's "Seven Sisters" from the northeastern region.
Bangladesh student leader warns India—'will isolate Seven Sisters, give refuge to separatists'
Hasnat Abdullah of National Citizen Party says if India shelters forces who don't respect Bangladesh's sovereignty, potential, voting rights & human rights, 'Bangladesh will respond'.
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