“How persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh serves Yunus regime’s electoral calculus”, First Post, December 27, 2025
“The persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh signals the rot of radicalism that runs so deep in Bangladesh. Communal bigotry and anti-India jibes conflate to exacerbate the socio-political atmosphere beyond repair. The rhetoric of change and student-led revolution was a mere cosmetic cause. They were well-orchestrated moves to position Bangladesh as a chronic irritant and antithesis to India’s peaceful rise as a recognisable leader of the Global South.
Religion was weaponised to impose geopolitical pressure on India from its immediate neighbourhood. The lynching of Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu garment worker, on December 18, 2025, in Mymensingh, discloses the debilitating conditions of the Hindus in Bangladesh. Blasphemy was weaponised to legitimise the gruesome killing of this Hindu youth. The underlying rationale was to deliver a political message of religious solidarity and anti-India mobilisation. This combination works for the radicals and the interim government to determine the scope and character of the forthcoming election in February 2025.
The usual crocodile tears from the interim government were intended to clean its image and send signals of its non-involvement. The paradox is so obvious that it does not require any deep reading to uncover the interim government’s intentions and political game. The stage is well set to harp on Islamism, radicalism, Hindu persecution and anti-India sloganeering to peddle the frenzy of religious nationalism to alter the character of the coming election…..”
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