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

India Republic Day -- Originating from a record 10 Chief Friends for the Republic Day Ornement in 2018 to non-e in 2021 is as considerably a reflection on Prime Minister Narendra Modis out of the field approach to foreign policy.

From the record 10 Chief Friends for the Republic Day Ornement in 2018 to non-e in 2021 is as considerably a reflection on Prime Minister Narendra Modis out of the field approach to foreign policy since his blind spots even though zeroing in on an extraordinary foreign dignitary.

Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister of Bangladesh would have been the perfect Republic Day Chief Guest this 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 including Modi is blinded through her religion or male or female or both to pass your girlfriend up?

Instead of inviting British isles PM Boris Johnson who have ultimately chickened out Hasina should have been Modis automated choice this year as it is often the 50th anniversary of the labor and birth of Bangladesh in 1971 plus the 50th year of the business of diplomatic relations among New Delhi and Dhaka. Indias role in the generation of Bangladesh by killer the Pakistani army is simply too well known. I have brought upward only to underline our stakes in Bangladesh. Moreover Hasina has been Indias steadfast and unwavering ally in South Asia who has even crossed swords with Pakistan about Indias behalf. Her real commitment to New Delhi is a proven and accepted fact. My friends in the Outside Affairs Ministry and the safety establishment tell me that that particular of the biggest priorities of the foreign policy is to make certain that Hasina somehow remains often the PM of Bangladesh which will proves how invested we could in her.

Modi has a strange fixation for Initial World leaders. Last year he / she pulled out all stops to seize Donald Trump as the Fundamental Guest to show his domestic constituency that whether it is Barrack Obama or Trump zero 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 which will resulted in an eleventh time invite to the obnoxious and repulsive Jair Bolsonaro rega rding 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 often the dishevelled Johnson who is by the way also hard of ability to hear. It was a done package until it suddenly fell through so close to January dua puluh enam that finding another Fundamental Guest on the rebound has been well and truly unattainable leaving Modi stranded.

Hasina has done so much for The indian subcontinent that Modi keeps having to pay Bangladesh compliment after compliment. He recently described the current phase of bilateral contact as the golden era of India-Bangladesh ties. Modi surely doesnt talk out of his / her hat. He means what he says. During a 90-minute long Virtual Summit together with Hasina on December 18 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 specific priority for me. Hasina immediately reciprocated by getting in touch with India Bangladeshs true friend.

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

In Octobe r 2020 India posted a new Substantial Commissioner Bikram Doraiswami who have drove to Dhaka as an alternative to flying there. While visiting the Awami League headquarters about December 23 2020 Doraiswami according to a report in Ittefaq a leading Bangladeshi newspaper said that if the Awami League isnt there The indian subcontinent will be friendless in Bangladesh. If thats indeed true doesnt Awami League superior Hasina - who has supposed Modi to Dhaka since the Chief Guest on the situation of the 50th anniversary of Bangladeshs independence in Walk 2021 - deserve as a Chief Guest at our Republic Day?

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