NEW DELHI: Ahead of the much-anticipated elections in Bangladesh slated for 2026, there are clear signs that the exercise would not be a peaceful affair. Pakistan is trying to maintain leverage in Dhaka and in order to do so, it is attempting to exploit the fault lines within the political ecosystem.
With the Awami League banned from contesting the elections, all eyes would be on the BNP the largest Opposition and the Jamaat-e-Islami, a stooge of the ISI that controls the system in the country today. Although Muhammad Yunus may be in charge of Bangladesh, he follows the ISI’s script that is executed by the Jamaat.
Even as the Jamaat has already signalled that there would be violence during the elections or in the run up to it, Indian agencies have picked up information about a visit by eight high ranking Pakistan Army officials to Bangladesh. While some of them are serving officials of the Army, the others are retired.