Bangladesh on boil: quota, nationalism, Sheikh Hasina’s politics, ‘razakar’ taunt, job crisis

Once a shining star in the sub-continent, Bangladesh's streets are now filled with disenchanted students protesting against a provision of 'quota' in government jobs for families of freedom fighters of the 1971 war. Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta in Episode 1485 of Cut The Clutter traces events from the 1970s till today to decode the underlying causes of the current controversy.
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[@khabib1]

You are trying to sugar coat the dark episodes here. From 1972 all the Freedom fighter quota jobs went to Awami League party people.Now 56% is quota and rest of the jobs 44 percent is also unofficially in the hand of the Awami League political cadres. Basically 100% of the govt job including civil bureaucracy, judiciary, police and you name it. Now military cadet are also from the political family connection preferences.

[@Vnvcbn]

In Bangladesh job for money is common and I heard that all the jobs are sold.Now when quota matter has been cut to reasonable size,do you think the fate of poor and meritorious students will change?I don't think. Their frustration will be more and less same

[@azizislam4819]

This selling has been encouraged by this government to buy loyalty from the officials who do this. Corruption was always there. But it was never as rife as under this government. They allow corruption by police, army, civil servents of all grades just to stay in power.

[@azizislam4819]

He is doing the sugar coating same as done Hasina. Of course he would as he is clearly a "dalal".

[@shksalim5327]

I think he gets paid from Hozrot Hassina.

[@DipakBose-bq1vv]

You are talking rubbish. after 1975 it was a crime in Bangladesh to declare oneself a freedom fighter or a member of the Awami Party, as the Pakistanis took over the power until very recently.

[@Wisdom-or-intellect]

There is a huge difference between the judiciary system in India vs BD. In BD Sheikh Hasina is everything. A complete totalleterian!

[@dreameroldsoul]

The alternative is Islamic Fundamentalist next door to India. Remember what happpened to Iraq or Libya after their Powerful Leader was deposed.

[@Wisdom-or-intellect]

@@dreameroldsoul Yep, this has been the case for decades. Problem is that all the honeymoon that Delhi is having with Dhaka is bonded with A few in BD. People to people connection is tanked. To me, Delhi made many worng steps in the past years by supporting their one party vote, immense corruption led billions of dollars out of the country and Delhi backed them. Trade deficit are keep growing, water sharing never took place, BD borrowed the money for the development projects and connectivity, and India is taking full advantage of the all ports without paying a single penny! Delhi, knows everything when Hasina govt. dropped the most Hindu writer's and poetry from the curriculum including the Tagore, but they were well off with their own interret. Rather, last 16 years, they could've restructure the educational instituitionalis to reduce the radicalisms, but today in BD, there are more Madrasas than School's. Today, 90% of the girls wear neqab but it was simply about 5% prior to 2009 Hasina Govt. and Modi Jis' miracle. You want more Delhi's wrong steps? At the end of the day, no one to blame but our own cotrupted spoiled people. Because, Delhi is doing what is best for India🙏 but BD leader's are always been working against the mass and the the core spirit of the liberation war of 1971!

[@TanmoyBiswas]

@@dreameroldsoul you both are wrong, because the actual power in BD lies in the hands of Jamat islami and shibir...always was and still is.

[@Wisdom-or-intellect]

​I had a long history written on the wrong steps taken by Delhi and they must wait for a legitimate govt. to form and engage with them and revise everything this puppet govt. did. Unfortunately, I couldn't find my reply, lol@@dreameroldsoul

[@Wisdom-or-intellect]

Of course they are and today they're stronger than ever. Because, the rapidly grown culture of injustice and oppression that people of BD seen from Delhi, made Jamats' ideology even more relevant from their point of view. Friendship with India is not based on people to people connection anymore but BD selected govt. vs it's Master.​Everything will fall apart now.@@TanmoyBiswas

[@afsanasharmin8177]

I wish Shekhar Gupta has actually talked with some Bengali Journalists from West Bengal to understand the situation a little bit better. The high court and Supreme court is following Sheikh Hasina's orders nowadays. Our Chief Justice Surendra kumar Sinha has to go to Canada for asylum because he refused to do Sheikh Hasina's bidding. Then our Noble winner Dr. Younus was in jail because he is not following her. Anyone who is against her got termed as Razakars. Like Jamat e Islam uses religion for politics, Awami league uses our independence war for politics.

[@moslemson]

Is Dr Younas in jail? That’s terrible

[@afsanasharmin8177]

@@moslemson he is out on a bail but he was sentenced to 6 months jail

[@temp1851]

What is the alternative then?

[@zahid1909]

খুব ভালো বলেছেন

[@afsanasharmin8177]

Shekhar Gupta and the Print team, please talk to Arka Bhaduri from West Bengal. he is a journalist and he has a very good grasp of this quota movement.

[@maarivk.31]

1971 was 53 years ago . That time Jamat e Islam did not trust India and wanted to stay with Pakistan and opposed the independence war. Now things are different . Bangladesh Jamat e Islam is same like Indian BJP as a religion based political party. Who think India is trying to control Bangladesh. Eventually dictator Sk. Hasina is a partner of India. That's the reason general public of Bangladesh don't like India. There is no Razakars and even Razakars ( if any) don't believe they will go back to Pakistan. Sheikh Hasina is in 4 term in power without public votes. People of Bangladesh think India doesn't want a democratic government in her neighbor Bangladesh. People think she is in power for Indian support. Which is bad for both India and Bangladesh.

[@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq]

Why do you think india wants to control bangladesh? Do you think doing business with Bangladesh means controlling it? Or do you want Bangladesh to cutt off all ties with india like pakistan?

[@Goober-r8b]

@@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq Because she said in a conference before (I believe 1 year ago) that if she has the support of India then she doesn't need to worry about stepping down from power in Bangladesh.

[@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq]

@@Goober-r8b as if indians are coming to Bangladesh to cast votes

[@rohandev1444]

@@Goober-r8bthat is a typical mindset of countries next to a large country and in yours and Pakistan case carved out in a stupid two nation theroy and religion So it is very easy to slip back to a religious extremism in a country that is already radicalized(not as much as pak) and imagine the ploght of minorities thag are left there after hasina.

[@prateekhaldar4010]

Don't be stupid India alone can't keep her in power she has the support of a powerful group within Bangladesh like your military establishment and also your business establishments. India can only provide her with funds and help her on international platforms. Rest she must bring herself. She is definitely friendlier to India but not absolutely pro India either. This is simple geo politics and nothing else.

[@mushfiqurrahman8810]

There is no high court, supreme court, army, police in Bangladesh. Hasina is the only authority there. She's trying to blame HC for the ruling.

[@changetheworldforbetter]

True. She placed all the important positions with her people. There is no law and justice in Bangladesh. Even the current Army chief is her relative.

[@Shaurya_Pant]

You also mean that Judiciary is acting as pet Hasina's orders? Tbh, it makes better cause-effect sense, as her statements regarding razakars don't make sense otherwise. She must want that reservation to continue through proxy otherwise she would have come immediately in support of protesters and protest would have ended immediately.

[@Rezaul_Jamil]

Correct.

[@mehrabque5452]

yea ur brain dead all you do is blame 1 person

[@md.arifurrahman8675]

you perhaps have consciously forgotten to mention that - The judiciary in Bangladesh is not independent but 100% partial to Awami League. Hasina government doesn’t have people’s mandate to cling on to power. Both of the last two elections were rigged the last one being with no practical opposition since Hasina had put the opposition leaders in jail prior to election. There is plenty of research data confirming the so called GDP rise during Hasina’s tenure is based on manipulated data. Finally, the opposition parties had nothing to do with the students movement from the outset - but hasina kept blaming them to mis-portray their sentiment. The mere excessive use of force -ongoing arbitrary killing of young lives to quell the movement in fear of losing tenure on the face of protests -itself confirms the autocratic nature of the kleptocracy Bangladesh has at present, which again along with the historically unprecedented level of corruption in Hasina’s administration you didn’t mention - but you should have, for a genuinely rounded analysis.

[@salahaldin447]

I lost all respect for this man. Really shameful

[@Sayyed25507]

Very well said, hundred percent agreement with you

[@prasvasu4217]

She sure has dictatorial tendencies but has done well on foreign policy and the economy! Not to justify anything she's doing now though...

[@shksalim5327]

Looks like he gets paid by awami League. No fairness.

[@nom7828]

Also, saying Jamat will be in power is as absurd as it can be. How are they going to form a government with less than 5% of the total vote bank! I can clearly hear the ruling party narrative coming out from an Indian's mouth. And people still question Indian involvement in Bangladeshi politics! Laughable!

[@jaydeepgadhavi5465]

Btw August 15 has a kind of status in the subcontinent 's history. India's independence in 1947; Sheikh Mujib's assassination in 1975 & Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021

[@Faisal-qy6fp]

very unfortunate this 15 august is.

[@temp1851]

Everything based on one ideology

[@N.N.O.U.]

What does Taliban have to do with bd

[@sreenathgopinathan4002]

So.. radical Islam takeover of BD on 15 August 2024 😅

[@vaibhav7170]

​@@Faisal-qy6fp yes a new house was made that day with a separate toilet pakistan

[@chokaling]

Usually Shekhar is not a fan of authoritarians. But perhaps because of Sheikh Hasina's India tilt (or his worry of Islamists coming to power) he seems willing to forgive her quite extreme ways: the judiciary (all the way to the supreme court), press, bureaucracy, police, and opposition have been brutalized by her. I am surprised and a bit sad to see this. But I suppose at least he is doing this in service of patriotism (since this authoritarianism is "positive" for India).

[@ViewsGoogler]

Don't hate India Hindu just beacuse you are kafir muslim

[@pranayr9284]

BIASED

[@nomorenews]

He is cleverly biased

[@salahaldin447]

Calling her authoritarian would be an understatement. It's a mafia government. In this very protest, in the early days when the protests were completely peaceful the government sent it's student wing 'Chatra League' that beat and killed 6 students which then made the entire country to come out on the streets. Shekhar didn't even mention any of that or the thousands of people killed by them. And every international organization that monitors election has said the election was a sham, (there's even video of it) I don't know why he's doing it but He's not just biased he's dishonest.

[@rajeshVengadesan]

​@@nomorenews: he cannot openly support islamic theocracy but indian libwrals love islamic theocracy they will not openly support but want oppsitiin to win.

[@sheikhalam8849]

Very wrong analysis. Bangladesh has become one party state like the same hasina’s father wanted to have bakshal - a one party state solution. This govt. is not being friendly but serving Indias agenda to be in this dictatorship which general new generation students opposed. - by saying this you will be blamed for Rajakar. New generation students are not going to accept that.

[@ajaigirdar]

This one-sided report should get you fired. Learn how to be a journalist first. get your facts straight. Sheikh Hasina has zero support in bangladesh. she's in power only because of her muscle power that's about it

[@nomorenews]

He cannot be fired,he is supported by hindutvvva mindset of indyyya

[@robisunny]

lindu terror

[@ElixirElegant]

One sided biased discussion. Do more homeworks please

[@nomorenews]

@@pernemlong9363 🤣🤣🤣always preoccupied by better looking neighbours🤣🤣

[@ravishankar4978]

A lousy episode. SG holds up Bangladesh as a very superior country in all respects. No word from him now on 5this

[@nusharjamil5978]

This is wrong in so many levels that I dont even know where to start to argue. I just wanna say this movement has nothing to do with muslims or hindu or any religious factor. Its the simple factor that how the government used governmental institutions to crackdown on the student and citizens. He is speaking like its a pure misunderstanding. We assure you theres no misunderstanding here. Just think about your RAW agents whos been helping this regime for 15 years if this movement succeeds.

[@Nobody-zv5lp]

@nusharjamil5978 Spot on with your analysis. The fact is India is surrounded by countries which have suffered under Indian hegemony and Bangladesh is the only one that is friendly towards India; these include Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives. The current authoritarian BD government has sold itself to India to stay in power without having the public mandate. Bangladeshi's have watched this injustice (Farakka water sharing, border killings, free transport lines over Bangladesh, selling gas to India at cheap prices, innumerable others) and don't want the status quo to continue. The public now hates Indian hegemony and sees the Hasina government as complicit with India. Hence the India Boycott movement. I believe the Indian public thinks the same way and would stand up on the side of justice and not on the side of government oppression. Students of Bangladesh are fighting for justice and do not buy the government propaganda or lip-service anymore. It would be strategic on the Indian government's part to understand where the will of the Bangladeshi public is. One thing the youth of India can learn from the Bangladeshi students is how to keep focused and not be tired, when they are fighting for a just cause. Perhaps, this is the reason why Mr. Shekhar Gupta is siding with the authoritarian government of Bangladesh. He does not want to wake up the public and specially the youth to the problems at home in India.

[@EL14840]

Indians are so obsessed with Hindu Muslims that they think this is the same problem everywhere

[@varun1640]

@@Nobody-zv5lp Unlike Bangladesh, China, North Korea and Pakistan…India has always had free and fair elections. The recent 2024 elections have been hailed precisely for that reason. So there is no need for the Indian youth to copy Bangladeshi agitation style politics. Governments change through elections in India.

[@rjpattnaik4781]

​@@varun1640but bro this idiotic bangladeshis cannot understand and just want to live in their world where our establishment supports seikh hasina

[@largerthanlife001]

Because he is from Indian media , so he has that ” Indian narrative “.. U never expect India will independently do news against awami league bcz they r India’s puppet

[@MD-ce4jr]

Hey Mr. Gupta! Hasina (Autocrat) was elected 3 times by banning all parties and rigging votes with the grace of India. Therefore most Bangladeshi does not like India. Pakistan was driven out forever but India has become a permanent pain for Bangladesh. India is real mastermind behind Bangladesh current autocratic Govt and burring democracy and election in Bangladesh

[@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq]

Stop blaming india for everything kanglus😂 ..

[@MrAni02]

Original was India, no Bangladesh and Pakistan existed. Baap Baap hota hain.

[@theallseeingeye9388]

U r blaming internal failures to a foreign government? Who are they suppose to form official relationship with formally if not the elected PM? It would be not according to decorum for a foreign government to not deal with the countries PM because the local elections were rigged. That would be intefering with Bangladeshes soverignity.

[@devduttprasad4021]

If India pulls it's hand out of bangladesh people, your destiny will be same as pakistan today, going with begging bowl all over the world

[@EL14840]

@@MrAni02 no such thing as India before British came

[@hindurashtra63]

I never supported CAA or Farmer Proetst. But this is something i want to see in IndIa also - A Nationwide Protest against ALL Reservations and Quotas. How unfair it is for Students to be treated like sh*t, When Merit and Hard effort is ignored in the name of Reservation and Quotas.

[@Shaurya_Pant]

Never gonna happen simply because Backward classes are more than 90% in population and most General class people are too well off in life to get to the streets. It leaves a few unfortunate General category poor people that nobody cares about. Nobody like to talk about, and nobody recognizes the issues they have. TBH EWS quota further takes away a vast majority of really needy poor General people... so it's probably just a 1-2% minority of too poor to have any advantage in life and too privileged for reservations... we definitely get absolutely shafted in India.

[@SandeepMeena79]

OBC will stand against reservation in future. Than general+OBC+Muslim = 80% will stand against reservation.​@@Shaurya_Pant

[@explorer8824]

​@@SandeepMeena79OBC asking for more % in reservation. Now the reservation upper limit is 50% supported by Supreme court. If it would remove quotes will increase upto 68 to 70% . Most of the muslims also getting OBC quota. Khangress party are giving additional quote to muslim like in Karnataka.

[@tamoghnadas8581]

​@@explorer8824not only khangress, Chandra babu too promised 4% to the muslims.

[@explorer8824]

@@tamoghnadas8581 so disappointed to know about that Chandra Babu is doing the same. In 1947 two paxistans were created. One of them called india. In some years polititian officially declared it and will add izz-lamic in constitution also

[@KhalidKhan-fs5to]

Mr. Gupta, your analysis is riddled with errors and biases. First, you make Jamat appear to be a formidable force. Truth is, unlike India, religion based politics has never been big in Bangladesh. On their own, Jamat can maybe win 5 seats. Also, there’s no significant difference between Hasina and Khaleda’s parties in terms of their alliances. They both have both Islamists and Socialists as allies. It is true though that Awami League is the pro-India party. Secondly, there’s no independent judiciary in Bangladesh. Sheikh Hasina IS the “hukum”. The court decision was a game she wanted to play which went horribly wrong. Finally, nobody with an ounce of knowledge in official statistics believes Bangladesh’s economic data. The state bank had to revise the export figures down only days ago. The exporters have been saying for years that the data is seriously inflated. IMF forced Hasina to revise the foreign reserve figure previously. The rosy picture of Hasina’s economic development is pure nonsense. This is a volatile time for Bangladesh. Kindly do a bit more research next time if you’re speaking on this issue.

[@Shaurya_Pant]

Oh, if true... then I'm glad to know this! I was really wishing there could be a third progressive non-islamist option with a developmental agenda emerging out of these protests to replace Hasina. Being Indian, I personally don't like Khalida Zia's pro China and por islamist ideology; and I believe that it would be detrimental for India-Bangladesh relationship and for Bangladesh itself too... but then, I admit I probably don't know too much. I 100% agree that Hasina has virtually become a dictator, but I feel Bangladesh needs a third front. Do you really think Khalida Zia (widow of the murderer as we know her) would be a better option? I'm sure you'd know better, it's also true that politicians preach in poetry and rule in prose... so Zia might take a more sensible neutral stand for the sake of development in Bangladesh.

[@KhalidKhan-fs5to]

@@Shaurya_Pant Khaleda Zia is on her deathbed. Her son, Tareq Zia is thought to be next in line. Tareq is whom India is most concerned about. He is believed to have helped Indian rebels in the past by supplying them weapons. Although that was a much younger, more arrogant Tareq. He seems to have matured but I can’t bet my money. The person who has become the face of Khaleda Zia’s party over the years is Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. Mirza was a freedom fighter, a former communist student leader and a thorough gentleman. I don’t think he has a match in terms of clean image in Bangladeshi politics right now. If I were to decide India’s Bangladesh policy, I would put my weight behind Mirza. In any case, Hasina has turned into a narcissistic, sadistic fascist. To say that she is unpopular would be an understatement. Bangladeshis have always had mixed feelings about India, a mix of gratitude for the liberation war and resentment for border killings, dams on shared rivers, etc. But in recent years the resentment is through the roof because of India’s unwavering backing for Hasina. India should take note of the fact that they are alienating an entire generation of Bangladeshis. It’s in both India’s and Bangladesh’s favor to have friendly relations which is rooted in their respective populations.

[@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq]

Religion based politics not in Bangladesh 🤡

[@Victoryput]

Bangladesh is created on basis of religion rather East Pakistan otherwise after 1971 , it would have merged with India. Because of the majority muslim population of East Bengal, the Hindu Bengali population has suffered like anything and had to migrate en masse in North East India as well as West Bengal. There were huge atrocities committed on them in North East while West Bengal could never recover from the economic slump. So please refrain from saying that religion was never big in Bangladesh. Better ask Taslima Nasrin about how Islam radicalism and vandalism is big in East Bengal muslims though the rest of the World's muslim population does not even consider them as true Muslims.

[@KejriwalBhakt]

I was done the moment you said there's no religion based politics in Bangladesh like INDIA!!

[@ALANAMUL]

Love to see the responses from my Bangladeshi brother. This is how we keep fighting against Indian propaganda

[@zeinlove5180]

Dear, this quota hasina keeps only for staying power for her party like saddam hossain, bashar al asad bath party. By so called freedom fighters and their children quota. All Bangladesh was involved for independent not only freedom fighters. Bangladesh is independent not for only awamileage hasina. If people have no equal rights then why need independent from Pakistan.

[@monojitpatra397]

Love this comment. Everyone participated in independence not just mukti bahini

[@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq]

Everyone fought for independence and now majority busy in lickin boots of pakistan just for the sake of ummah🤓

[@Arwar555]

Yes Shekhar India is so stable. I mean Manipur , ASSAM riots.i mean Kashmir riots. The Mao insurgency etc etc etc...live in reality man

[@erfan0]

This analysis is 100% one sided and sounds like written by awamileague and completely ignores the fact that students has massive public support and govt is hanging on to power forcefully for a long time. Iranocally, its the exact excuse given by Pakistani govt in 1971 for their brutal crackdown . "Students" are misguided by mujib and "hindus" will take over Pakistan if he is allowed to go to power.

[@vickrantgurung7]

DO NOT MIX NEPAL INTO THIS INDIA BANGLADESH PROBLEM. THIS IS A BIASED REPORTING

[@munirsaeed917]

Thanks for reading out a RAW statement as analysis.

[@mnaarob1353]

This journalist lacks knowledge of his neighbor countries current situation and affair.

[@KBhossain162]

#WewantJustice #FreeDemocracy #FreeBangladesh #studentProtest #StepdownHasina

[@mdshahjahanahmed5809]

It is sad to see how he is trying to normalise dictatorship In Bangladesh.

[@gangleaderc6897]

Ofcourse dictatorship in any ISLAMIC country is normal......

[@rohandev1444]

Because the alternative of radical islamism of jamaat and BNP os worse. Check out pakistan. Haseena has pulled most of bangladesh out of poverty but our people can be split on religion like bengal was split in early

[@mdshahjahanahmed5809]

@@rohandev1444 I am from Bangladesh and understand this issue well. We don't want development at the expense of our basic rights. Other parties, like BNP, have tried to improve relations with India, but India has always supported the Hasina regime. As for religious extremism, please research how she staged fake terrorism dramas to gain Western support. While there are radicals in Bangladesh, like in any country, the general public does not support them.

[@rohandev1444]

@@mdshahjahanahmed5809 I disagree. BNP and Jammat were stooges of pakistan when India liberated Bangladesh from Pakistan and were on the wrong side of history. And that is exactly where they willntake back an already radicalized muslim majority who have driven out minorities. I think this is just fanaticism masquerading as some justice movement but we see through this.

[@Typhus1234]

@@mdshahjahanahmed5809then eat grass. Become an Islamic republic and live under shariah law. I am no Indian and no Hindu. I am Bangladeshi living in Australia since childhood. Given the number of bearded men and hijabi women numbers have grown. This opinion of yours doesn’t surprise me.

[@DipakBose-bq1vv]

This is organised by the CIA as a punishment for Hasina for going to China. Quota is not the issue as it was abolished in 2018.

[@zawadzarif2394]

It was again re-instated again earlier this year, and that is the reason why the students started protesting.

[@DipakBose-bq1vv]

@@zawadzarif2394 The High Court asked Hasina to reinstate it, but Hasina made an appeal which has gone to the Supreme Court, which will give its verdict in august. The students are fighting against the supreme Court !!!! Who can believe it?

[@zawadzarif2394]

@@DipakBose-bq1vv The appeal has gone AFTER the protests began and Sheikh Hasina called the protesters (the youth of her own country) rajakars, basically calling them traitors and after the Chatro league killed multiple students

[@zawadzarif2394]

@@DipakBose-bq1vv violence could have been avoided if Sheikh Hasina did not get on the news and instigate the whole thing. She only made the already angry youth even angrier while carrying out attacks on them which resulted in deaths of the youth. The whole thing was a peaceful protest until Hasina called them rajakars and Chatro league killed them

[@mvlog5191]

Court is just a tool, not an independent organisation like India.

[@130caledonian]

Mr Shaker Gupta, if India was interested in "Good Relationship" with Bangladesh then perhaps India should stop meddling in Bangladesh affairs and respect the choice of Bangladeshi people, propping up a puppet government of India. You can fool some of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time. People of Bangladesh are slowly understanding who are its well wishers.

[@Shaurya_Pant]

I sympathise with your cause and do not like the idea of puppet dictators at all... so I get that it's obvious Hasina needs to go... But what do you think can be other better options as you said... I hope you didn't mean fundamental islamists or China. I would very much like if an independent progressive third front appears out of this protest, but am I being too idealistic?

[@Shaurya_Pant]

I wanna know who are these "well wishers"? I'm sure Hasina has become a virtual dictator; but do people of Bangladesh see any better options aside from Islamic fundamentalists of BNP or China. I hope you realise, even though Hasina might be bad; and Indian influence if present, is definitely nor good for a democratic government, but India Out campaign, that is kinda worse for Bangladesh itself.

[@bhabanibehera5737]

Yes and stop sending your Bangladeshi infiltrators to india.take back the immigrants

[@KejriwalBhakt]

Any proofs? Or you just blurting out propaganda?

[@Thinker-of-current-century]

Is the Islamist in you talking.

[@Drkp23]

Thank god…. Bangladesh didn’t give 30 percent freedom fighter reservation in their cricket team ( like South Africa)… otherwise Bangladesh cricket team would have been worse than Maldives cricket team

[@TheGreatVivek7]

Who cares about karikket watched by 3rd world countries. What’s with the karikket obsession

[@pradhyudh]

​@@TheGreatVivek7That game is worth more than many countries,and many s & p 500 companies.

[@noneoftheabove666]

​@@TheGreatVivek7 If you don't care about the so-called Third World countries, why are you watching ThePrint ha ha😂

[@TheGreatVivek7]

@@pradhyudh it’s a boring bland game only watched in Pakistan, Bangladesh and India

[@Drkp23]

@@TheGreatVivek7 just google and see top 3 most watched sport and also top 3 richest sport mate… except football, none of the sport has global interest…

[@sunnyj6068]

It’s a Sham election 😂 …my cousins and other relatives said they showed up to the election poll and they were notified that they already voted when they were not in the city

[@subhadeepmandal2221]

Either they lied or u r lying. There was no bar in voting. Only the opponents boycotted the election.

[@MrAni02]

Your dad USA people came to see the election process. They said it was okay.😂😂

[@EL14840]

​@@MrAni02I as a Bangladeshi is saying it was a sham election, nothing to do with what your master USA says

[@TheGreatVivek7]

High time reservation is removed from India too. It has overstated its welcome.

[@subhadeepmandal2221]

Casteist, Racist Hindu savarn never welcomed reservation. None give a damn to them.

[@kartiktargeryan7160]

Nah u need to understand social structure of india first

[@gmmir9268]

💯 pc correct remove it from jk too having 72pc

[@kartiktargeryan7160]

@@gmmir9268 72%???

[@gmmir9268]

@@kartiktargeryan7160 72pc reservation in jk

[@madhumitachakraborty-yz5py]

Emergency was declared in1975 June . Mujeeb was assassinated in August. Kindky dont say that was used to justify emergency

[@Fitness4Freshies]

Shaker Gupta lies through his teeth, what do you expect from this yellow journalist?

[@rubayetrahmanrongon3526]

As a bangladeshi i would justify this video explanation as a manipulative, misleading and wrong narrative. This is bad

[@gouravdamor8001]

Or may be you're are brainwashed with jamat's narrative

[@Shaurya_Pant]

You also mean that Judiciary is acting as pet Hasina's orders? Tbh, it makes better cause-effect sense, as her statements regarding razakars don't make sense otherwise. She must want that reservation to continue through proxy otherwise she would have come immediately in support of protesters and protest would have ended immediately.

[@n3mesis894]

Brother, I don't even expect anything better from him (the person who explained, I don't know his name btw).

[@veronica_ahmed22]

@@gouravdamor8001do Indians think Jamat-E-Islami is the alternative? 😂 Jamat is a very weak and stupid party, they are literally a joke in Bangladesh. If Jamat was even a little influential, Bangladesh would’ve been Afghanistan or Pakistan by now. If you don’t know about the internals, don’t comment. Hindus, Muslims, Christian, Buddhists, and others are all being attacked here. We aren’t stuck on religion, we want equal rights. Hence no caste systems or religious quotas. Food for thought 💭

[@Shaurya_Pant]

​@n3mesis894 That's what I suggested too, that it makes sense she is controlling the judiciary... otherwise she would have already met the demands of protesters.

[@AKSHARMA007-in1jn]

Protest in democracy is okay...but students shouldn't be harmed and they should understand the ball is in court... their is nothing that govt can do... peace ✌️🕊️

[@arifeens]

This is actually not correct. Bangladeshi gov could’ve passed a bill years ago to solve this quota issue but they wanted to delay. Their goal was to appoint pro govt people around all public jobs. Hasina turned into an authoritarian dictator. Students have had enough of this.

[@arifeens]

This whole mess could’ve been easily avoided by Hasina govt but her ego and arrogance didn’t let her solve this issue. Now its no longer a quota issue now this has become a fight against dictatorship.

[@Dan-xx5jq]

will it get worse or better?

[@arifeens]

@@Dan-xx5jq Very difficult to say. If current curfew situation fails, falling of Hasina govt is inevitable. Things always get better after getting worse.

[@Addlife2days]

Bangladesh and Pakistan both are unnatural states. They will always be unstable for some or other reasons. They have always tried to move away from their roots. No India does want cancerous parts back.

[@LuckySingh-zf2rc]

30℅ reservation is a lot... Excessive, but what about 60℅ Reservation in India...... 😂😂😂when we are going to protest against this demoralising and unjustified reservation... Whom we should blame... Politicians, Constitution, or Ambedkar😂😂😂

[@dev7155g]

Reservation is just vote bank politics,

[@mdgolammaolahazari3358]

Sir with due respect, there’s some misinformation in your report. As a local Bangladeshi national I know what happening inside. Not even genuine freedom fighters wants this quota system and it’s not fueled by opposition party , it’s been a huge suffering amount the newly graduated generation. Nearly 14 million youth is jobless who can’t get the job even with a better academic record then who claims a freedom fighter grandchildren. The reality is different and I’m not saying shaikh hasina is a worst PM but what she said it was wrong and killing students is never a good excuse. I always supported her since her day 1 in the office but I won’t support her in this case.

[@parthasm]

are u a razakar living in canada or pakistan ? internet in banned in bd so you are not living in bd..

[@EL14840]

​@@parthasmhe is living outside bd for now. Are all Indians as dumb as you?

[@sunnyj6068]

Sheikh Hasina should’ve allowed more opportunities for Bangladeshi people instead of using police as things to keep her family and allies in power.

[@taholilshabab1721]

You have said everything from your’s perspective, to be more accurate from India’s perspective. Try to learn the story first, then try to talk about it.

[@AsfaqusSadekin]

Raise your voice for Bangladesh students 🇧🇩

[@MistyMusings-n7x]

This is the first strong symptom that Bangladesh is now almost over her gratitude days. Now the youth who have not seen the 1971 struggle are not ready to allow gratitude to decide privileges. Any intent to bracket this sentiment into a right and wrong binary is futile. With time when history is forgotten collective emotions too fade; only that the character of the mass fosters protests. Bangladesh must recognise this dementia and drop the quota. 😊

[@124sakibrayhan4]

The judiciary in Bangladesh is completely under the control of the government. In 2017 the government passed a bill giving power to appoint judges to the government. Which was challenged in the court and the court declared it unconstitutional. In retaliation, the government forced the Chief Justice to resign. Then they applied to the Supreme court. The Supreme court put on a stay on the previous ruling and the government has kept delaying any further hearing since then. Using the stay on the ruling government has filled every single court position with pro-govt judges.

[@ahnafurrahman8543]

She didn’t make the razakar statement in the middle of the chaos, her statement started it all.

[@VinaySharma-xq6nw]

There could be a foreign hand into this and it’s not whom we think it is …

[@mvlog5191]

This guy is telling lies. Not the actual fact. Jamat e Islami in Bangladesh never got more than 6% votes. So, if Hasina falls, Jamat will come to power is funny and a clear lie. Second thing is, Hindus were oppressed by the Awamy party men more than any other party people in the history of Bangladesh. It is a frustrating for the people of Bangladesh that these youtubers spreading misleading information on behalf of India. It is Hasina and India who made the general people of Bangladesh made frustrated and pushed them to hate India. We have nothing to hate India if India would respect peoples mind. Awamy league always tries to demoralise public protest using the word Rajakar. This is a very frustrating fact for the people of Bangladesh who opposes the ruling prty view. This made students angry.

[@prateekhaldar4010]

India has nothing to do with her being in power she has lots of internal support as well from a powerful group within Bangladesh. She is friendlier to India doesn't mean we put her there we can provide funds but cannot manipulate everybody there. Bangladeshi Elites are on her side. Her being friendly to us doesn't mean she support us in everything there are many times she has opposed us as well. This is general geopolitics which happens in the world every nation tries to influence other nations including nations like India and USA that doesn't mean they have become slaves of others.

[@vip129870]

Are we referring to West Bengal? Because unregulated illegal immigration is already turning it into Bangladesh and media and courts don’t seem to care.

[@asadiq1900]

Enjoyed your fairytale sir, thank you.

[@agonnoga6100]

India played a very big role is saving Sheikh Hasina when her entire family was murdered in 1975. She was just a child then. Paradoxically, when for the last 10 years we have the most anti Bangladeshi government in New Delhi, Bangladesh is perhaps the most pro India country in the neighborhood.

[@madhumitachakraborty-yz5py]

She was married with two kids then. She was not a kid then please !

[@msumode4493]

U made BNP become anti India with ur policies. This false narrative u r pushing through Print... won't hold water

[@syede9434]

Not Pro India country, it’s pro India government. 99% people of Bangladesh anti India because India destroyed election system of Bangladesh by helping and finding ways of undermining the national election. Please search what India have done in 2014 election and here after 2018 and 2024. Hope you will understand how badly corrupted Indian politicians are.

[@Shaurya_Pant]

How is Modi government anti-bangladesh? You economic development and trade relations with India definitely tell a different story.

[@agonnoga6100]

@@Shaurya_Pant I am an Indian. I am referring to the utterances of topmost BJP leaders and general anti Bangladeshi sentiment across India.

[@muktadirrefat4620]

this guys should get his facts staight. It feels like he got his facts from Hasina herself. Hes stuck on the fact that the opposition party fueled this clash. When we general Bangladeshis know it wasn't.

[@msumode4493]

He should go to the country and see firsthand. Lying from his sofa in India.

[@subramaniamramasubramanian877]

My takeaway from this is that there is political unrest in the country and this is just what lit the fuse. And the political unrest seems to be from the government not handling things properly. Just like in Manipur in India which he draws parallels to. And when he does that, us regular viewers know how critical he is of the government here for that shit show 😂 So I don't think he sympathizers with Sheikh hasinaa for more than the fact that she supports Indian interests. Which is an obvious bias from an Indian journalist I guess?

[@veronica_ahmed22]

@@subramaniamramasubramanian877 You have gotten it all wrong. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT IT. Please follow DW News or other sources

[@jaydeepgadhavi5465]

Nice episode. Just saying, a neighbour is friendliest only if we have friends on both sides of the power equation.

[@destroyerOfFate]

India govt fails to Understand this and supports only Hasina

[@msumode4493]

Jamaat is a small fraction. Negligible in power terms. Never gained more than a handful of seats. This bald f***er is making a big deal. And ignoring the main opposition party.

[@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq]

​@@destroyerOfFatewe don't give a sh!t who rules kangladesh.. we are just doing business and cooperation which is expected from every neighbour

[@destroyerOfFate]

@@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq you may not, but your govt does. It's doing all it can to install Hasina in power.

[@destroyerOfFate]

@@HimanshuMahajan-zn3nq You've got no clue. Check the train corridor bangladesh gave to india recently, which works as an alternate route for your biggest weakness, the chicken neck of india, Shiliguri corridor. Do you think Haseena would've done that if indian govt didn't help her elect? The answer is NO!

[@FerdausAlAmin]

Critics in Bangladesh call 2023 election as "Dummy" election. With main opposition boycotting the election, the ruling party A.L., formed opposition from A.L's Own party. It is said that hardly 10% voted

[@tamojitmondal1243]

“Bengali Speaking Pakistan” , are you serious??

[@blackmamba9950]

Yes, Bangladeshis are pretty radical islamists

[@golamali2149]

Not on the student s side! Have a better grasp of the situation.

[@mrhafiz2]

India must be very happy with Sheikh Hasina because she sold Bangladesh to India.

[@rohandev1444]

What nonsense. India has done more for bangladesh than any bangladeshi. We liberated bangladesh from Pakistan or you guys would be slaves. All deals India makes with Bangladesh is favorable to bangladesh

[@friendsgroup470]

We don't want Bangladesh to become chinas puppet like pakibhikaristaan

[@Undesirable-incel]

Yes cry about it

[@Addlife2days]

This wisdom must have been acquired in your neighborhood Madrasa 😂

[@mrhafiz2]

@@Addlife2days that's what you're programmed to think. Do some independent research.

[@jamesrobin5166]

Chief Justice had to fled Bangladesh to save his life. That makes corrupted court system.

[@mustafizrahman8300]

He need to visit Bangladesh and talk to at least 10 people before making his biased and one-eyed vision.

[@saifulalam8706]

Learned presentor. Only one point I want to mention is this that when the government went to Supreme Court in Appeal against the judgement of High court restoring quota again, the government filed a petition in Supreme court for staying operation of the judgement of High court, the Supreme court stayed the operation of the judgement of High court meaning thereby the Supreme Court restored the executive order of Sheikh Hasina aboloshing all quotas. So the moment the Supreme court stayed the operation of judgement of High Court, there remained no quota at all. Then what was the necessity or urgency of starting a movement for non discriminatory Quota movement or a quota reform movement. It had already been proved to some of us that some of these student leaders -cordinatotors numbering 15/16 or more as they said have been playing in the hands of BNP-JAMAT parties and I am confident that many of them would be proved to be supporters or sympathisers of BNP/JAMAT and their allied parties.

[@mostafakamal5330]

She is not elected by ppl of bd. She is very unpopular person right now.

[@srideepmukherjee6159]

Shekhar ji, Mujibnagar was Baidyanathtala in Bd, not Kolkata. It is true that the govt formed at Mujibnagar did work in exile from Kolkata.

[@aztours7144]

First of all, why you are dictating who people should choose as pm. In democracy it is the people of the country choose their leader. Do other countries tell you who should be your PM?

[@surfspark]

If your country survival depends on other countries u should here their opinion it's a must.

[@aztours7144]

@@surfspark opinion and oppression two different thing. Bangladeshis do not vote anymore, it’s a puppet government setup by India since 2014 that is the irony here. Listening here why Hasina gov is good for India, well yes of course everyone knows just not good for Bangladesh.

[@nozirahmad6427]

I am sorry to say a journalist like you is so biassed. Do more study and research before making such type of analytical video.

[@EL14840]

He is a hypocrite. He is worried about Bangladesh being islamist country but has no worry about his own country India being a hinduvta country

[@surfspark]

@@EL14840 the problem is islamic Bangladesh will be highly problematic like Pakistan and Afghanistan security and refugee problem for india will grow we already seen this during kalida Zia period.so for Indians there is no problem of worrying about Islamists in Bangladesh.

[@ElixirElegant]

Please do enough homeworks. Maths and Equations are not so simple as said regarding 20 years of regime, elections, others. Little biased & one-eyed discussion. Yes, this is friendly neighbour from your side of table but as a neighbour your country should follow International rules too and stop border killings.

[@shahmatkabir]

She is a dictator

[@victor256in]

Razakars are dicks

[@TheBakor]

😂

[@sreenathgopinathan4002]

😂

[@riyajulemon434]

@@TheBakorlaugh as u could We will definitely stop your train

[@TheBakor]

@riyajulemon434 I am sure you will. After all, you are the ☪️ancer

[@zareeftashfique8168]

“You can die early, or you can live long enough to become a villain” - Harvey dent (Batman The Dark knight) Couldn’t be a more accurate quote for Hasina atm

[@agonnoga6100]

@SG You too have believed the propaganda that Pakistan dishes out to its population wrt East Pakistan aka Bangladesh. Fact is, in 1947, East Pakistan used to have bigger economy than West Pakistan. This situation started changing after the 1958 coup by Gen Ayub Khan. This is when West Pakistan started impoverishing East Pakistan to enrich itself. . This is the genesis of the resentment of the Bengalis towards West Pakistan. The Bengalis who visited newly created Islamabad, used to say that they can smell their looted money to create this city. It was not the politicians, public or journalists but the Bengali economists who were the driving force behind the 6 points of autonomy of East Pakistan from West Pakistan which ultimately led to the 8 months long bloody civil war and birth of Bangladesh. In fact, a Harvard educated Bengali economist had predicted breakup of Pakistan to Gen Ayub Khan way back in 1960. As per Tariq Ali, 70% of Pakistan's foreign exchange in 1971 used to come from the jute trade in East Pakistan. Pakistan was broke from the very beginning. It got the recruitment ground of the British India Army but not the economy. With the breakup of Pakistan in 1971, Pakistan is economically unviable. After 1971, it has been artificially propped up by USA, Saudi Arabia and China. Withdrawal of US support after 2022, has started Pakistan's current economic crisis. Saudi Arabia too is no longer keen on carrying the burden of Pakistan for too long. Only China is still propping up Pakistan with one loan after another leading to China becoming the largest debtor of Pakistan. Economic collapse of Pakistan will lead to further breakup of that country artificially created by forcibly merging parts of India, Afghanistan and Balochistan to house all the Muslims in the Indian subcontinent.

[@Fitness4Freshies]

Hopefully the peoples of India will find freedom from the caste hindoos An independent state for: The Sikhs The Dalits The Nagas The Kashmiris The Christians The caste Hindoos The Tamils The Kannadas The Schedule Castes Manipur Hyderabad Finally the Merger of bengal with Bangladesh There will then be peace in South Asia.

[@warnpassion]

@@Fitness4Freshies Hain, lungideshi? First pay off your IMF loans. 😛

[@Fitness4Freshies]

@@warnpassion 🐄💦💦💦

[@warpdrive9229]

@@Fitness4Freshies Cringe detected. No Indian Bengali wants to merge with Kanglus. Amio Banagali. Aar amra Indians first, Bengalis second!

[@kailashpradhan7452]

could you explain your last sentence please?

[@CodeZero587]

To my fellow Indians, have you gone nuts? I am absolutely shocked how ignorent we are that most (at least in the comments section) are supporting jehadis and certified India haters. I don't give a shit why it's going or the blamegame , but Hasina and her family is our people. Yes she's a dictator but that's our dictator. Those guys are protesting against her are doing to topple her and if they can establish a Bengali speaking Pakistan. Don't get swayed by rhetoric, at least i expect ppl from the west bengal to know better. Peace....

[@kublaipandey4634]

Hasina I’d PM Modi’s undeclared WIFE and Bangladesh is India’s 33rd state mother fucker basterd

[@doosra95]

This guy loves to blah blah blah only india is the epicentre 😂😂😂

[@samin096]

Thanks Shekharji for this episode. calling someone Razakar’s is the worst name calling on anyone with Bengali blood.

[@NetflixId-mf5ou]

One things some Indian are getting wrong is Sheikh Hasina is Bangladesh. People of Bangladesh are Bangladesh. How India's relationship with Bangladeshi's?

[@MohinUddin-p2t]

Please help Bangladesh students

[@TheDd2402]

I am tired of hearing this rhetoric that it is all “bnp-jamaat” elements. 99% of the general population hates Hasina and her group of goons “Chattro League” from the bottom of their hearts.

[@nomulahemanth3109]

The Entire South Asia is in a Massive crisis WHILE India is in the News for its Booming Economy,Rising Geopolitical Power, Independent & Assertive foreign policy & $ 650 Billion USD in Reserves, lifting 100s of millions out of poverty , Minting out a New Billionaires per 9 days(40+ per year & most of them Self-Made Entrepreneurs) and Indians didn't even give Majority to the Party that achieved all these

[@rohandev1444]

What about the employment disaster, the rural distress- that is why. Macroeconomics means squat when you dont have a job and framers can’t survive.

[@mujahedmohiuddin1826]

Rising geopolitical power dimension is due to tension between china and America, government of India has nothing claim any credit , if our PM had been babulal marandi situation would have been same. Our economy was booming much higher during Manmohan Singh time than today, growth with jobs , Manmohan government was destabilize by uppercaste chrony capitalist, media and judiciary, today everyone one know what games were played during those days.

[@rohandev1444]

@@mujahedmohiuddin1826 what about the employment as I said macro economics may be good but the common man is struggling which is a worry. Farmers in distress. And needless Hindu Muslim tensions. This govt needs to address that and not just keep giving some jhumla about GDP. What is our malnutrition index, what is fertility rates in BiMAARu states, what is Infant mortality rates in North India and east, it is dismal. So there are other indices than just macroeconomics like GDp. And upper castes ( I am a Brahmin) are always ok with their basic education and family connections in India.

[@124sakibrayhan4]

After coming to power the Awami League has issued 100 thousands of freedom fighter certificates, mostly to the people loyal to the party. As a result the numbers of freedom fighters have risen from less than 100 thousands to more than 200 thousands.

[@rohitrai6187]

In India also there are people who proudly call themselves Razakar, like the eminent Owaisi Those Razakar also got their share of blood on their hands/beards right before Hyderbad liberation in 1948

[@n3mesis894]

Dear speaker, if you really want to understand (I seriously doubt you want to) the nature of our current government, watch the movie - Hirok Rajar Desh (by Sattajit Roy).

[@Ravi-ot6xj]

Its basically islamists vs a secular dictator in which Americans always choose to support the islamists which they will come to regret later. Same happened in Afghanistan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and everywhere else. Americans never believe in learning from the mistakes of the past.

[@mdsorowar7380]

#SaveBangladeshstudents 🇧🇩🇧🇩😭😭

[@n3mesis894]

It seems he tried his best to fit everything in his ideology rather than understanding true facts! I have many Indian friends, they were all brainwashed with such ideology until they learned about reality on the ground. One kind suggestion, try to remove nationalism from your mindset (it leads to the fascism), you will never be able to understand the facts from objective manner. Never mind, your explanation will only motivate our Indian brothers or sisters who doesn't have knowledge about reality on the ground. In Bangladesh, people know very well about our prime minister. She is nothing but a puppet of India.

[@friendsgroup470]

We don't want Bangladesh to become chinas puppet like pakibhikaristaan

[@shamimreza8929]

Not Bangladesh National Party,It's Bangladesh Nationalist Party

[@kevindsz]

Looks like reservations in India will only end once India becomes a Muslim majority state.

[@anshuecon]

Reservations in India are mostly for SC, ST, OBC, EWS who are all Hindu. What link does it have with Muslims?

[@tuhinrahman646]

@@anshueconMuslims are classified as OBC= Other Backward Classes in India. They are uneducated, socially deprived and treated like the untouchables by the majority Hindus. You can find hardly any Muslims in India who could secure a government job. This is Mody’s Hindu Rashtra……

[@bearhug7335]

Of course, this would be the preference of all islamic followers.

[@AayushKarwatkar]

Go to pakistan, they'll be happy to have you.

[@anshuecon]

@@AayushKarwatkar This 'Go to Pakistan' stuff got boring at least 5-6 years ago. Try something new.

[@rubayet2008]

@the print: Watching from Ontario, Canada.. what a worse way to twist facts.. nicely done... I was a big fan of Sheikh Hasina and her party 20 years back, but after seeing her (her party members) corruption, I changed my mind. I am protesting this as no one from Dhaka or Bangladesh can't challenge as the Autocratic Sheikh Hasina Government has turned off the Internet (last week) and disconnected Bangladesh from the rest of the word to hide the truth.. will only share one line, the mass people of Bangladesh doesn't like the fact that Sheikh Hasina is giving India all the benefit (transit, purchasing military equipments in loan, etc.) Without getting any win for Bangladesh, she is doing it to illegally hold on to power with India's support. As a result, the mass people of Bangladesh are boycotting Indian products. Hope that clarifies facts for your viewers.

[@Wisdom-or-intellect]

She used Jamat issue to make a political gain then comingled with the Islamists', pay them, established more Madrasas than School in BD. She used everyone but alawys used by Delhi 😂

[@ViewsGoogler]

Why you are bringing India in between?

[@Wisdom-or-intellect]

@@ViewsGoogler Because, the people of BD didn't elect them since 2014. They're backed and fully supported by Delhi. Delhi, is the sole beneficiary of that illegitimate govt. They don't represent the people of BD or serve the national interests. 🙏

[@ViewsGoogler]

@@Wisdom-or-intellect what BD army/people are doing? If you think someone did then why dont you stop paying taxes?

[@Wisdom-or-intellect]

@@ViewsGoogler People tried to topple them in many different occasions but the Armed forces including the paramilitary killed thousands of people (Police, BGB, RAB) over the years. BD Army and other security agencies all are now controlled by RAW and pro govt. forces. Do you know why they're so desperate to stay in power? Because, the tortures in the last 15 years crossed all the limits, and they fear, theres' no exit.

[@Wisdom-or-intellect]

@@ViewsGoogler @ViewsGoogler People tried to topple them in many different occasions but the Armed forces including the paramilitary killed thousands of people (Police, BGB, RAB) over the years. BD Army and other security agencies all are now controlled by RAW and pro govt. forces. Do you know why they're so desperate to stay in power? Because, the tortures in the last 15 years crossed all the limits, and they fear, theres' no exit.

[@jaybarua4684]

Pray for Bangladesh #savebangladeshistudent #savebangladeshipeople

[@shakhawhathossain3919]

Biased explanation

[@zulfiqarrathoreg1127]

Loves from Pakistan. In March 1971, if traitors like ZA Bhutto and Gen Yahya had allowed Shaikh Mojib to take oath as Prime Minister of Pakistan, then today we would have been a peaceful and strong country. Now, we both are under cruel dictatoerships. Both countries need free & fair elections.

[@tapemaj]

This crisis in Bangladesh has spilled over to White Chapel area of East London where the Bangladesh community predominantly reside . Violent clashes have broken out in between two groups of students since last night . British politicians here are quick to blame the unrest to the South Asian country and question the nature of its origin here in London .

[@jamalchowdhury3063]

Mandate by no mandate. Indian government has their blessings that is the best mandate for Hasina!

[@adamsinghlealadhar6234]

If we cant handle properly our own Bengali speaking state then how can Bangla Desh trust us. It is an emerging economic country and many countries do not like it. The Islamists want it to be a totally Islamic state with normalization of relations with Pakistan. Some other powers are also in favour of this as it will control India and could affect it adversely from another part of the country..

[@abhijitdeshmukh6902]

And not too long ago, two wise men discussed how BD is ahead of Bharat in textile industry and how BD surpassed Bharat in terms of per capita income.

[@mdshahjahanahmed5809]

India played big role to make this whole mess.

[@20thCentury_Turtle]

India isn't that capable, our intel agencies can barely defend their own country, IK Gujral (our first non-Congress PM) was an idiot who destroyed R&AW, it took decades to rebuild our foreign intelligence agency and we have been on the backfoot geopolitically since 1984 (the year JKLF started, the Punjab insurgency intensified, and the BJP was formed). So no, our agencies could not have done this, they are not nearly competent enough to hurt Bangladesh.

[@vidyadharnprabhu]

​@@warnpassion😂😂

[@ishaansrivastava5376]

​@@20thCentury_TurtleIK Gujral was the first non congress pm...bro get your facts straight he became pm in 1997...before him we had at least 5-6 non congress pm

[@FXDESIGNHOUSE]

Good or bad,one thing cannot be denied that under Hasina's tenure,Bangladesh has undergone a miracle as far as the economy is concerned,so much so that now her per capita GDP is ahead to that of India.Almost during the same tenure,India's present Govt is also in power,and except for big talk,the achievement on the economic front has been a big ZERO.( includes the stupidest decision on demonetisation in 2016)

[@subodhsarin4247]

Brilliantly explained. These students in politics.... are a huge problem.

[@shahmatkabir]

You misinterpreted in so many ways as per your convenience. Lol. Hasin can be Indias slave but not our people

[@sarthaksahu5500]

India's slave????Dont be ungrateful or else history will repeat itself on you with another "Operation searchlight".

[@prateekhaldar4010]

She is not our slave she has not always been doing beneficial things for India yes she is friendlier but does mean she will do everything we say. Otherwise she wouldn't have a relationship with any nation other than India and give India the most preferred nation status that has not happened. She is friendlier that we accept but not controlled by us she is strong and has good support behind her especially from Bangladeshi power houses within Bangladesh including the military and business communities.

[@aaront8614]

That's why people like you with this mentality assassinated her father Mujibur and the rest of the family because they thought that he was a slave of India 😂

[@rashidahmed878]

You wont get any of the issue if you dont know or agree to the fact that the judiciary in Bangladesh died long ago. Bangladesh's justices are Sheikh Hasina's puppet. So whatever she was blaming the court for was actually her own decision.

[@hridoykhan2506]

Plz z help Bangladesh students 😢

[@curiousone9714]

Thank you for giving such a comprehensive an in depth description of what’s going on in Bangladesh. The historical context you provided was very helpful.

[@EL14840]

It's not comprehensive. It is entirely one sided in favour of hasina

[@destroyerOfFate]

Why no indian media is condemning 40+ deaths of students by the govt and police?

[@Anunakinamya]

Indian: more reservation please. Caste reservation. Bangladesh: NO more reservations. Period

[@NirvanaMarketing-do8uv]

Indians should support sheik hasina..

[@deepakkapoor7885]

Bangla .. Sonar Bangla .. 250 years back .. cradle of literature, arts, spirituality, freedom fighters .. breeding ground for visionaries, nationalistic leaders, social reformers … Today Reduced to anarchism, political violence on both sides of the border .. Bangladesh and West Bengal . The British policy to breakdown a rich culture and educated society .. … encouraging militant Islamic elements haunts Bangla and rest of the sub continent 75 years after they left. When will Bangla people learn .. weed out the Razakaars and thier sympathisers from public life .. in Bangladesh and West Bengal.

[@ebrahimkhalil5327]

You are broker of Sheikh Hasina. You are telling lies here.Mind your own business.

[@SoumikSengupta21less]

The video did sound a bit pro-Hasina but what lies exactly?

[@madhumitachakraborty-yz5py]

Excuse me . We are not bound to speak your language or the language you want . This is our channel . You don't listen if you don't like it . You mind your business. Look at this aggressive Bangladeshi guys - we need to stop pampering these guys

[@madhumitachakraborty-yz5py]

​​@@SoumikSengupta21lessobviously the video will be to India' s interest . Not this man's. These people are expecting support for their agitation from India whose products they boycott & whose cricket teams they abuse. Laughable.

[@ashishkalam9337]

@@SoumikSengupta21less First off, Bangladesh fought their own war, India was already war with Pakistan, they did not fight for Bangladesh. Second, Jammat was banned 18 years ago along with all similar extreme groups. Noone in bangladesh supports extreme groups. And Bangladesh boycott indian products because indian politicians and corporations fund sheikh hasina, in return she gives our tax money to india, allows corporations to steal our resources, refuses to build a dam, we lost 15000cr+ tk in losses in a single year due to flooding, a dam costs 75-150cr. When a student asked why that is on facebook, he was brutally murdered the same night. We have nothing against india but why can't the people of our country ask questions about our policy? and Sheikh hasina has rigged the last 3 elections. she has a quota system for all government jobs, in which 56% are reserved, in 2018 people successfully protested and she shut it down, in 2024, she reinstated it via high court.

[@ebrahimkhalil5327]

@@SoumikSengupta21less Mainly misinformation. He tried to show this movement is run by Jamat-E Islami or BNP but this is purely a student's movement. More than 100 students died, and the number is increasing time to time. India should not support this authoritarian govt.

[@arifhyt]

There are some serious misunderstandings of the circumstances. The Student Protest 2024 has been a student-only protest since 15th July, the day Hasina's government killed six people across the country, and their political wing the Chatra League (students' league) violently beat students, including women. So their decision to act violently was based on their understanding that it was a student movement, not because Jamat E Islam or BNP were trying to play villains, because the students were very clear that they did not want this movement to be a political mess. Hasina and her government use these party names as shields to conceal their atrocities. However, the protest basically turned into a mass movement when the killing hadn’t stopped the second day (it’s hard to distinguish, people of all walks were already enraged the first day of shootings). My personal estimation is that at least 250 people have already lost their lives, whatever the official news say, they are not comprehensive. And thousands injured. 

Yes, Hasina’s govt is illegitimate, the elections were sham since 2014.

[@amibangladesh7512]

We are closely monitoring the Indian media and its role, while Bangladesh is being oppressed by the Hasina regime. If India does not play a neutral role in this situation and goes against the people of Bangladesh, we will consider the level of relationship we should maintain with India once the Hasina regime falls. But Deshbhakt, thanks for reporting honestly.

[@ADDH-zr1kw]

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[@shiploo]

You have absolutely no shame SG. Your government imposed the tyrannical rule of dictator Hasina on the ordinary people of Bangladesh for the last 15 years without any election and you never has a word of honest criticism about it. Such moral bankruptcy from such a senior 'editor' the like you is saddening.