“Can India trust BNP? The onus is on Tarique Rahman to rebuild trust and bury the ghosts of 2001”, First Post, February 20, 2026
“They say a leopard never changes its spots. But political parties do. Take India’s Congress Party, that once had a cow and a calf as election symbol. Now it frequently calls for reservation for Muslims.
The BNP, that has come to power with a supermajority in Bangladesh, is not an unknown entity for India. Therein lies the rub. For now, ‘Dark Prince’ Tarique Rahman, who descended to Dhaka after 17 years of self-exile in London and has taken over as the prime minister, is making all the right noises.
The time is opportune. The ‘Yunus curse’ that befell on Bangladesh has lifted, leaving behind a resurgent Jamaat, a polarized country struggling in almost all basic parameters, and minorities – the little that are left – living in mortal fear…….”
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