India-Bangladesh Ties Strain: A Dec. 2025 Challenge Unlike 1971

India and Bangladesh's relationship in December 2025 is starkly different from 1971, marked by escalating anti-India sentiment, diplomatic rows, and Bangladesh's perceived strategic tilt towards Pakistan and China. This deterioration, following Sheikh Hasina's 2024 ouster, poses India's greatest strategic challenge since Bangladesh's liberation.

• December 2025 sees unprecedented anti-India sentiment and protests in Bangladesh.
• Indian Parliament labels current Bangladesh ties as India's biggest strategic challenge since 1971.
• Bangladesh's interim government shows a strategic tilt towards Pakistan and China.
• Killing of an anti-India leader and a Hindu man's lynching fuel diplomatic tensions.
• India and Bangladesh suspended visa services amid escalating diplomatic rows.
• Indian intelligence is on high alert over potential infiltration and ISI activities.

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