IMPACT OF U.S. LED OPERATION IN DHAKA: YUNUS STRENGTHENS TIES WITH PAK

On Wednesday, Yunus urged Bangladeshi politicians to put up a united front against 'India's aggression.' Yunus has ensured the normalization of ties between Pakistan and Bangladesh.

- ABHINANDAN MISHRA

The increasing collaboration between Dhaka and Islamabad, fueled by growing anti-India sentiment, will be one of the biggest challenges for the incoming administration of Donald Trump. He will inherit a complex situation largely shaped by multiple U.S. departments, particularly the U.S. State Department, which is often referred to as the 'Deep State.' This group successfully removed the democratically elected Sheikh Hasina from her position as Prime Minister of India's immediate neighbor, Bangladesh, and installed their own protégé, Mohammad Yunus, as the 'caretaker' PM.

While the outgoing Joe Biden administration has denied any role in the removal of Hasina, inputs shared with The Sunday Guardian by official sources indicate that the common people of Bangladesh are aware of Washington's intervention in Dhaka.

Last week, Yunus, who has come under fire not just from Delhi but from other 'developed' countries for failing to stop the religious-based persecution of Hindu minorities, said that India was spreading false rumors and exaggerating the violence against Hindus, suggesting that the violence was politically motivated rather than religious.