It's a pun.
The word 'Weakest' has been given a superlative description - 'weakestest'
And 'Most' ... too is called 'mostest' here ... to lay emphasis. This observation was made by an eminent Bangladeshi intellectual with regard the performance of the Yunus-led regime.
"Fascist Hasina" is past ....bygone era
Bangladesh just not an accidental geography; it is a strategic sinkhole.
:::: Now, stage set for mega battle between BNP leader Tarique Rahman and 'NCP plus Yunus and also Jamaat'
Rahman is son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia and heir to Bangladesh's longtime ruling family.
His return to Bangladesh when the country is in boil would end his 17-year-long exile.
He is often also described as the 'crown prince' of Bangladesh politics. Rahman has long been groomed for leadership and often pictured with his mother.
However, there are a few issues from the past.
The 21 August 2004 grenade attack took place at an Awami League rally on Bangabandhu Avenue, Dhaka killing 24 people and injuring hundreds, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Initial trials in 2018 resulted in death sentences and life imprisonments for several suspects.
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However, in September this year ... In a highly anticipated decision, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh upheld the High Court’s decision to acquit all 38 accused in the notorious 21 August 2004 grenade attack case.
Even Tarique Rahman, the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), and one of the accused was acquitted.
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But problems in Bangladesh is not only about the failures of the Yunus-led dispensation or sheer politics.
There is also a geographical aspect and that cannot be neglected while one makes a study about the same from New Delhi's perspective.
Floods are the single most destructive and persistent natural factor in Bangladesh.
Every year on an average 18 percent of Bangladesh is inundated.
Approximately 75 percent of the country lies within ten metres above mean sea level.
Over eighty percent of its landmass is classified as floodplain.
An overwhelming 78 plus percent of the population lives in flood prone areas.
Take a pause - in 2017, 2007 and also 1998 ----
Nearly60 % of the country remained underwater for about 80-90 days.
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Take a note:
Since the assassination of founder of the country Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975, the people of Bangladesh have been hostage to a fight to the finish between the widow of a military dictator, Khaleda Zia, and the daughter of the freedom fighter, Sheikh Hasina.
A rare exception was when they joined hands to bring down another military dictator, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, in 1991.
They, however, did not bay for his blood. He was allowed to live and participate in the country’s political life for 28 years till his death in 2019. -- Pankaj Saran, a former Indian envoy to Russia
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Now for BNP and its new leader Tarique Rahman, the Yunus regime has emerged as a political rival.
Bangladeshis perhaps have to lament their fortune that the perceived puppet regime of the Deep State - Yunus and his set of advisers are not part of any Solution but have proved to be part of the problem.
Since August 8th, 2024 --- when Yunus took charge; the past 16 months have seen the capture of all institutions by right-wing Islamists.
They already enjoy immunity. It's Jamaat - which is running the dispensation by influence and default.
The media is frightened and the recent attack on two newspaper offices were deliberate to make them crawl.
Mob rule and instant justice - as often shown in Bollywood films - are the order of the day.
Should India pursue an aggressive military adventure?
The answer is simple and requires no second thought - No.
But the crystal clear message is that India needs to take all precautions for its own security.
In terms of military studies and tactics -- for any invading force (may be for stabilisation) ---
there are handicaps ---
-- Ground marshlands,
- Submerged supply routes,
- Health concerns for soldiers and waterborne disease can spread easily
- Extreme dependence on air and riverine supply lines.
Prolonged deployment under such conditions destroys morale, equipment and operational momentum.
One retired Brigadier with considerable field experience and study about Bangladesh and the region has said ---
** India must not commit any strategic mistake.
*** Adventurism is simply unwarranted
*** Military action by New Delhi is a "trap" - the Deep State may want India to walk into a prolonged battlefield
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