Awami League’s Faustian Bargain with India

Reading Time: 2 minutes The tragedy of Bangladesh today lies in the fact that those who claim to guard its sovereignty are the very ones undermining it from within. Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League have, for years, acted less as leaders of a sovereign republic and more as subservient functionaries executing the prescriptions of India’s intelligence agency RAW. This is not mere political posturing – it is a dangerous reality that has left the Awami League bereft of independent vision, chained to Delhi’s diktats, and pitted against the very country they are sworn to serve. What we are witnessing is not just political miscalculation but national betrayal. Training militants to sow chaos, orchestrating propaganda campaigns on social media and in Indian-controlled press outlets, and systematically hollowing out Bangladesh’s independent institutions are all short-term tactics. These are meant to buy Delhi and its Awami League proxies breathing space. But such