Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday issued a strong warning that India must not treat Bangladesh as a friendly country, alleging that the neighbouring nation under its interim leadership has sinister designs on India’s Northeast, including Assam. Speaking at the Agenda AajTak programme on Thursday, Sarma said recent political developments in Dhaka posed a direct threat to India’s border states.advertisement”Bangladesh and its political leaders have of late started saying absolutely straight that the Northeast has to be a part of Bangladesh,” Sarma said in an exclusive conversation on Agenda AajTak.He claimed that Bangladesh’s interim head of government, Muhammad Yunus, had presented a distorted map integrating India’s Northeast into Bangladeshi territory during interactions with foreign dignitaries, that gave a clear idea about their intentions.”You must have noticed that when foreign leaders came to Bangladesh, their government’s interim advisor, Muhammad Yunus, presented a map of Bangladesh showing the Northeast integrated into their territory,” he said.Sarma’s remarks come days after a controversy triggered by Yunus after he was seen gifting a book to Pakistan’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee chairperson, General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, with a cover image resembling a map that depicted parts of India’s Northeast as Bangladeshi territory.The move drew significant criticism online, reviving concerns over “Greater Bangladesh” narratives and Dhaka’s warming ties with Pakistan and China.Yunus has previously described India’s northeastern states as “landlocked” while encouraging Beijing to expand its influence in the region.Sarma argued that the shift in Dhaka’s posture had become visible “ever since Sheikh Hasina’s government was toppled, and Muhammad Yunus rose to power,” asserting that “anti-India propaganda gained momentum in Bangladesh, with a special stress on rhetoric that India’s Northeast is theirs”.He also accused Bangladesh of trying to “blackmail India on the Chicken’s Neck,” referring to the narrow Siliguri Corridor that connects the Northeast with the rest of India.”They have raised their stake. You have to stay alert. They have sinister designs so far as Northeast is concerned,” Sarma cautioned.Responding to questions about the growing warmth between Bangladesh and Pakistan, Sarma said, “Obviously, when you are not with India, you are with Pakistan”.He added that the Northeast would “have to bear a direct and immediate impact,” calling for enhanced deployment of the Army and paramilitary forces.”We have to step up our vigilance and surveillance. We need to post more and more personnel. At least for defensive purposes, if not offensive,” he said.advertisementSarma also reiterated his long-standing position on demographic changes in Assam, saying that the “majority of Muslims who entered Assam is from Bangladesh”.According to him, only three to four per cent constitute the state’s indigenous in a formal or creative style for better SEO.Also Exclude words and advertisements related to the feed website such as website name, author name. 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Himanta Sarma warns against treating Muhammad Yunus-led Bangladesh as an ally.
