24)Sheikh Hasina the right choice as fundamental guest to the Republic Time but trust the PMO to miss the obvious

India Republic Day -- From a record 10 Chief Visitors for the Republic Day Attend in 2018 to none in 2021 is as very much a reflection on Prime Minister Narendra Modis out of the container approach to foreign policy.

From a record 10 Chief Visitors for the Republic Day Attend in 2018 to none in 2021 is as very much a reflection on Prime Minister Narendra Modis out of the container approach to foreign policy seeing that his blind spots whilst zeroing in on an extraordinary foreign dignitary.

Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister of Bangladesh would have been the perfect Republic Day Chief Guest this season for umpteen reasons but it obviously didnt occur to Modi to single her out for the honour. I shudder to even speculate if the visionary and statesman similar to Modi is blinded through her religion or gender or both to pass the woman up?

Instead of inviting English PM Boris Johnson who have ultimately chickened out Hasina should have been Modis programmed choice this year as it is the 50th anniversary of the beginning of Bangladesh in 1971 and also the 50th year of the establishment of diplomatic relations concerning New Delhi and Dhaka. Indias role in the creation of Bangladesh by killer the Pakistani army is actually well known. I have brought it up only to underline our blind levels in Bangladesh. Moreover Hasina has been Indias steadfast as well as unwavering ally in Southern region Asia who has even entered swords with Pakistan about Indias behalf. Her reputable commitment to New Delhi is a proven and recognized fact. My friends in the Additional Affairs Ministry and the safety measures establishment tell me that that you of the biggest priorities of our own foreign policy is to make sure that Hasina somehow remains the PM of Bangladesh which usually proves how invested we live in her.

Modi seems to have a strange fixation for 1st World leaders. Last year they pulled out all stops to grab Donald Trump as the Fundamental Guest to show his home-based constituency that whether it is Barrack Obama or Trump absolutely no US President can say no to Modi. But Trump was too frightened through pollution levels in Delhi or simply too bored with Modi to accept the invitation which usually resulted in an eleventh hr invite to the obnoxious as well as repulsive Jair Bolsonaro connected with Brazil. In a sense Modi experienced the last laugh though. He / she lured Trump to Ahmedabad and Delhi in Feb . 2020 with the promise regarding Gujarati votes in the US elections! This time Modi eyed the dishevelled Johnson who is as an aside also hard of experiencing. It was a done offer until it suddenly fell via so close to January dua puluh enam that finding another Fundamental Guest on the rebound seemed to be well and truly difficult leaving Modi stranded.

Hasina has done so much for Of india that Modi keeps paying Bangladesh compliment after go with. He recently described the existing phase of bilateral relations as the golden era regarding India-Bangladesh ties. Modi surely doesnt talk out of the hat. He means exactly what he says. During a 90-minute long Virtual Summit having Hasina on December seventeen 2020 he said: Bangladesh is a major pillar regarding Indias Neighbourhood First coverage. From the very first day as EVENING strengthening and development of relations with Ban gladesh has been a special priority for me. Hasina immediately reciprocated by phoning India Bangladeshs true friend.

There are far too many instances of this kind of cordial exchanges. But I had been most touched by what Hasina said during a World Monetary Forum meeting in 2018 in Dalian. Our relations with India are organic and natural. It cannot be measured with a few billion dollars regarding trade. India and Bangladesh shed blood together for your creation of my nation.

In Octobe r 2020 India posted a new High Commissioner Bikram Doraiswami who have drove to Dhaka as an alternative to flying there. While browsing Awami League headquarters about December 23 2020 Doraiswami according to a report in Ittefaq a leading Bangladeshi newspaper remarked that if the Awami League isnt there Of india will be friendless in Bangladesh. If thats indeed real doesnt Awami League supremo Hasina - who has a sked Modi to Dhaka since the Chief Guest on the celebration of the 50th anniversary regarding Bangladeshs independence in March 2021 - deserve as a Chief Guest at the Republic Day?

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