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

India Republic Day -- Originating from a record 10 Chief Guest visitors for the Republic Day March 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.

Coming from a record 10 Chief Guest visitors for the Republic Day March 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 as his blind spots although zeroing in on an incredible foreign dignitary.

Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister of Bangladesh would have been the perfect Republic Day Chief Guest the 2010 season for umpteen reasons however it obviously didnt occur to Modi to single her away for the honour. I shudder to even speculate if the visionary and statesman just like Modi is blinded through her religion or male or female or both to pass the woman up?

Instead of inviting English PM Boris Johnson who all 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 the 50th year of the place of diplomatic relations involving New Delhi and Dhaka. Indias role in the development of Bangladesh by crushing the Pakistani army large well known. I have brought up only to underline our blind levels in Bangladesh. Moreover Hasina has been Indias steadfast and unwavering ally in To the south Asia who has even crossed swords with Pakistan upon Indias behalf. Her reputable commitment to New Delhi is a proven and identified fact. My friends in the Additional Affairs Ministry and the security and safety establishment tell me that that one of the biggest priorities of your foreign policy is to make sure Hasina somehow remains the PM of Bangladesh that proves how invested we could in her.

Modi seems to have a strange fixation for First World leaders. Last year he pulled out all stops to seize Donald Trump as the Main 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 Overcome was too frightened through pollution levels in Delhi or simply too bored with Modi to accept the invitation that resulted in an eleventh hr invite to the obnoxious and repulsive Jair Bolsonaro connected with Brazil. In a sense Modi experienced the last laugh though. They lured Trump to Ahmedabad and Delhi in February 2020 with the promise of Gujarati votes in the US elections! This time Modi eyed the dishevelled Johnson who is by the way also hard of hearing. It was a done package until it suddenly fell by so close to January dua puluh enam that finding another Main Guest on the rebound has been well and truly extremely hard leaving Modi stranded.

Hasina has done so much for The indian subcontinent that Modi keeps paying Bangladesh compliment after enhance. He recently described the existing phase of bilateral contact as the golden era of India-Bangladesh ties. Modi surely doesnt talk out of his or her hat. He means just what he says. During a 90-minute long Virtual Summit with Hasina on December seventeen 2020 he said: Bangladesh is a major pillar of Indias Neighbourhood First coverage. From the very first day as PM strengthening and development of contact with Ban gladesh has been a exclusive priority for me. Hasina immediately reciprocated by getting in touch with India Bangladeshs true friend.

There are far too many instances of these cordial exchanges. But I became most touched by what Hasina said during a World Economical Forum meeting in 2018 in Dalian. Our contact with India are organically grown. It cannot be measured by the few billion dollars of trade. India and Bangladesh shed blood together to the creation of my nation.

In Octobe r 2020 India posted a new High Commissioner Bikram Doraiswami who all drove to Dhaka in place of flying there. While browsing Awami League headquarters upon December 23 2020 Doraiswami according to a report in Ittefaq a leading Bangladeshi newspaper remarked that if the Awami League isnt there The indian subcontinent will be friendless in Bangladesh. If thats indeed real doesnt Awami League soberano Hasina - who has a sked Modi to Dhaka since the Chief Guest on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Bangladeshs independence in Drive 2021 - deserve to be the Chief Guest at each of our Republic Day?

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