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

India Republic Day -- F rom the record 10 Chief Attendees for the Republic Day Parade in 2018 to non-e in 2021 is as much a reflection on Prime Minister Narendra Modis out of the container approach to foreign policy.

From a record 10 Chief Attendees for the Republic Day Parade in 2018 to non-e in 2021 is as much a reflection on Prime Minister Narendra Modis out of the container approach to foreign policy while his blind spots although zeroing in on an remarkable foreign dignitary.

Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister of Bangladesh would have been the perfect Republic Day Chief Guest this coming year for umpteen reasons but it obviously didnt occur to Modi to single her out there for the honour. I shudder to even speculate whether a visionary and statesman like Modi is blinded by means of her religion or girl or boy or both to pass your ex up?

Instead of inviting Uk PM Boris Johnson who ultimately chickened out Hasina should have been Modis intelligent choice this year as it is the particular 50th anniversary of the birth of Bangladesh in 1971 plus the 50th year of the establishment of diplomatic relations involving New Delhi and Dhaka. Indias role in the design of Bangladesh by mashing the Pakistani army is obviously well known. I have brought up only to underline our buy-ins in Bangladesh. Moreover Hasina has been Indias steadfast and also unwavering ally in To the south Asia who has even crossed swords with Pakistan on Indias behalf. Her reputable commitment to New Delhi is a proven and acknowledged fact. My friends in the External Affairs Ministry and the safety establishment tell me that that certain of the biggest priorities of our foreign policy is to make sure that Hasina somehow remains the particular PM of Bangladesh that proves how invested we live in her.

Modi has a strange fixation for Initial World leaders. Last year he / she pulled out all stops to grab Donald Trump as the Chief Guest to show his domestic constituency that whether it is Barrack Obama or Trump zero US President can say no to Modi. But Trump was too frightened by means of pollution levels in Delhi or simply too bored with Modi to accept the invitation that resulted in an eleventh time invite to the obnoxious and also repulsive Jair Bolsonaro rega rding Brazil. In a sense Modi got the last laugh though. He lured Trump to Ahmedabad and Delhi in February 2020 with the promise involving Gujarati votes in the US elections! This time Modi eyed the particular dishevelled Johnson who is in addition also hard of hearing. It was a done deal until it suddenly fell by so close to January twenty six that finding another Chief Guest on the rebound has been well and truly unattainable leaving Modi stranded.

Hasina has done so much for India that Modi keeps forking over Bangladesh compliment after accompany. He recently described the latest phase of bilateral associations as the golden era involving India-Bangladesh ties. Modi undoubtedly doesnt talk out of his / her hat. He means just what he says. During a 90-minute long Virtual Summit together with Hasina on December seventeen 2020 he said: Bangladesh is a major pillar involving Indias Neighbourhood First insurance policy. From the very first day as PM strengthening and development of associations with Ban gladesh has been a exclusive priority for me. Hasina immediately reciprocated by contacting India Bangladeshs true friend.

There are far too many instances of these cordial exchanges. But I had been most touched by what Hasina said during a World Economical Forum meeting in 2018 in Dalian. Our associations with India are natural and organic. It cannot be measured by just a few billion dollars involving trade. India and Bangladesh shed blood together to the creation of my country.

In Octobe r 2020 India posted a new Substantial Commissioner Bikram Doraiswami who drove to Dhaka instead of flying there. While browsing Awami League headquarters on December 23 2020 Doraiswami according to a report in Ittefaq a leading Bangladeshi newspaper remarked that if the Awami League isnt there India will be friendless in Bangladesh. If thats indeed correct doesnt Awami League soberano Hasina - who has invited Modi to Dhaka because the Chief Guest on the occasion of the 50th anniversary involving Bangladeshs independence in Walk 2021 - deserve to be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day?

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