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‘A myopic policy’: India’s backing of ousted Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina leaves it in a bind

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India has long been seen as Hasina ’s greatest ally in Bangladesh .

Hasina 's close personal ties with both the BJP and Congress parties in New Delhi helped Bangladesh become India 's closest and most loyal regional ally.

The unconventional nature of the relationship between the two nations gradually became a source of consternation.

Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) leader, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir , made a direct plea to India to send Hasina back.

He alleged Hasina was using her safe haven in the country to thwart the interim government and democratic movement in Bangladesh .

India is also having to grapple with the embarrassment of a “serious intelligence failure” that meant the collapse of Hasina ’s regime caught it off guard.