"We want to ask the Bangladesh Advisor Yunus to step down," says Awami League leader in US :::: "Sheikh Hasina is coming back as PM"

US Awami League Vice President Dr Rabbi Alam exuded confidence that Sheikh Hasina would return as Bangladeshi Prime Minister and suggested Bangladesh Advisor Yunus should return from where he came. 

Alam, who is a close aide of ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, thanked India for sheltering her.

"We want to ask the Bangladesh Advisor to step down and go back to where he came from... Sheikh Hasina is coming back as the Prime Minister. The young generation has made a mistake, but that's not their fault; they have been manipulated," he told ANI. 

Sheikh Hasina lost power on August 5, 2024, follwoing a student-led movement. The move to ous Bangladesh's elected Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina was allegedly carried out by 'deep state' of US during the stint of Joe Biden.

The 77-year-old Bangladeshi leader fled to India following the clashes, and an interim government led by 'over estimated' economist Muhammad Yunus was formed.

The Yunus regime is facing a huge security challenge as some police refuse to return to their posts, gang crime is rife and tensions simmer with the country’s army chief. 

Alam has expressed deep concerns over the current turmoil in Bangladesh, saying that the country is "under attack" and urging the international community to intervene.

“Bangladesh is under attack, and it needs to be addressed by the international community. A political uprising is fine, but that is not what has been going on in Bangladesh. 

This is a terrorist uprising. Many of our leaders are sheltered here in India, and we are very thankful to the Indian government for providing the alignment," he said.

The Awami League leader thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing a safe travel passage for Sheikh Hasina.

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Walking the streets of Dhaka, there is a feeling that the country stands at a precipice, reported eminent South Asia watcher and journalist Hannah Ellis-Petersen for 'The Guardian'. 

Questions have been also raised over the governance capabilities of Yunus and the pace of promised reform.

Political parties, particularly the Bangladesh National party (BNP), have been desperate to return to power and have exerted mounting pressure on Yunus to hold elections, calling into question his legitimacy. 

The students who led the revolution have also launched their own party.

The senior BNP figure Amir Chowdhury said elections could not come soon enough. “This government was only meant as an interim measure,” he said. 

“Right now nobody is accountable on a day-to-day basis and they don’t have the political weight, mandate and mobilisation to carry out reforms.”

Four key dimensions always revolve around Bangladesh-Tripura relationships. They are language, civilisational, historical and cultural. Now comes perhaps a more important aspect the Security.

Following the unrest in Bangladesh there are apprehensions that now 'armed militants' in various northeastern states could again take shelter in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. 

It is a known fact that the Paresh Baurah faction of ULFA has still not agreed for talks with New Delhi.

Pakistan's closer ties with Bangladesh post-Hasina ouster has understandably given a booster dosage for the Paresh Baruah-led ULFA faction.

Amid such a situation, the security agencies may face yet another complication and that is the 'manpower shortage' of central and para military forces.

Of course, Tripura falls under the 'peace zone' in the northeast in military parlance along with Meghalaya and Mizoram.

Compared to Tripura, Mizoram probably has more central forces. Of course the Myanmar border makes things complex. However, post-chaotic upheavals in Bangladesh, analysts in Delhi say there could be a need for an additional security support system for Tripura.

A retired Lt General said: "As a retired uniformed officer we generally do not speak on hardcore military matters. 

But it is also true that in contrast to Tripura and Mizoram though dealing with multiple ceasefires and 28-year-old pending peace talks Nagaland has 14-15 battalions."

Gang crime is rampant on Dhaka’s streets and minority groups are experiencing harassment. Protesters also burned an effigy of Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, the home affairs minister, demanding his resignation/removal over his failure to curb rising crime.

Yunus denied any suggestion that the streets were less safe than under Hasina’s rule, but others have warned that the country’s security situation threatened to spiral beyond his government’s control. 

It maybe also 'impossible' to hold free and fair elections in this current law-and-order situation.

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