Washington’s doubling down on pro-India Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government ahead of the country’s December general elections.
India’s bet on Sheikh Hasina has served it well as the avowedly pro-India Bangladesh politician has kept the anti-India opposition party BNP and the Islamist party with Pakistan links Jamaat on a tight leash. With the US threatening more sanctions against Hasina’s colleagues hurting free and fair elections, the opposition is reviving