30)Sheikh Hasina the right choice as key guest to the Republic Day time but trust the PMO to miss the obvious

India Republic Day -- From a record 10 Chief Attendees for the Republic Day Celebration in 2018 to none in 2021 is as significantly a reflection on Prime Minister Narendra Modis out of the field approach to foreign policy.

Coming from a record 10 Chief Attendees for the Republic Day Celebration in 2018 to none in 2021 is as significantly a reflection on Prime Minister Narendra Modis out of the field approach to foreign policy as his blind spots even though zeroing in on an remarkable foreign dignitary.

Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister of Bangladesh would have been the perfect Republic Day Chief Guest this season for umpteen reasons however it obviously didnt occur to Modi to single her out and about for the honour. I shiver to even speculate whether a visionary and statesman similar to Modi is blinded through her religion or girl or boy or both to pass her up?

Instead of inviting British isles PM Boris Johnson who else ultimately chickened out Hasina should have been Modis intelligent choice this year as it is the 50th anniversary of the labor and birth of Bangladesh in 1971 along with 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 is simply too well known. I have brought up only to underline our stakes in Bangladesh. Moreover Hasina has been Indias steadfast in addition to unwavering ally in South Asia who has even surpassed swords with Pakistan with Indias behalf. Her reputable commitment to New Delhi is a proven and identified fact. My friends in the Additional Affairs Ministry and the security establishment tell me that that you of the biggest priorities of your foreign policy is to be sure that Hasina somehow remains the PM of Bangladesh that proves how invested we have been in her.

Modi seems to have a strange fixation for First World leaders. Last year he / she pulled out all stops to grab Donald Trump as the Main Guest to show his home-based constituency that whether it is Barrack Obama or Trump zero US President can say no to Modi. But Trump was too frightened through pollution levels in Delhi or simply too bored with Modi to accept the invitation that resulted in an eleventh hour invite to the obnoxious in addition to repulsive Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil. In a sense Modi acquired the last laugh though. He or she lured Trump to Ahmedabad and Delhi in February 2020 with the promise regarding Gujarati votes in the US elections! This time Modi eyed the dishevelled Johnson who is incidentally also hard of listening to. It was a done deal until it suddenly fell by way of so close to January 28 that finding another Main Guest on the rebound ended up being well and truly impossible leaving Modi stranded.

Hasina has done so much for China that Modi keeps spending Bangladesh compliment after accompany. He recently described the present phase of bilateral contact as the golden era regarding India-Bangladesh ties. Modi certainly doesnt talk out of his hat. He means what he says. During a 90-minute long Virtual Summit using Hasina on December teen 2020 he said: Bangladesh is a major pillar regarding Indias Neighbourhood First policy. From the very first day as PM strengthening and development of contact with Ban gladesh has been a particular priority for me. Hasina immediately reciprocated by phoning India Bangladeshs true friend.

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

In Octobe r 2020 India posted a new Substantial Commissioner Bikram Doraiswami who else drove to Dhaka rather than flying there. While browsing Awami League headquarters with December 23 2020 Doraiswami according to a report in Ittefaq a leading Bangladeshi newspaper remarked that if the Awami League isnt there China will be friendless in Bangladesh. If thats indeed real doesnt Awami League supremo Hasina - who has a sked Modi to Dhaka as being the Chief Guest on the occasion of the 50th anniversary regarding Bangladeshs independence in Walk 2021 - deserve like a Chief Guest at our own Republic Day?

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