Deposed former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina on Monday (December 22, 2025) termed the recent statement given by a Bangladeshi leader regarding the North-Eastern part of India and Chicken Neck as dangerous. He said that such statements reflect the strengthening of extremist elements under the current Mohammad Yunus-led government of Bangladesh.

In fact, Bangladesh’s National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Hasnat Abdullah recently gave a fiery speech, in which he claimed that Bangladesh can give shelter to separatist forces from India and separate the seven northeastern states (Seven Sisters) from the country.

What did Sheikh Hasina say on relations with India?

At the same time, the Chicken Neck Corridor located in Siliguri, West Bengal, connects the mainland of India to the northeastern states, which is considered one of the most sensitive strategic bottlenecks in the world.

In an email interview to news agency ANI, Sheikh Hasina said, ‘Such statements are extremely dangerous and irresponsible, which show the extremist elements increasing their influence in the regime of Mohammad Yunus. No serious leader threatens such a neighboring country, that too when Bangladesh is dependent on it for trade, transportation and regional stability.

India has every right to express concern – Sheikh Hasina

This statement of Bangladesh’s Awami League Party chief Sheikh Hasina came at a time when fresh violence has erupted in the country after the death of fundamentalist student leader Sharif Usman Hadi. In such a situation, commenting on the anti-India rhetoric, Sheikh Hasina said, ‘It only serves the imagination of like-minded people and not the national interests of Bangladesh. India has every right to express concern over such statements and these voices do not represent the people of Bangladesh. Our people understand that our prosperity and security depend on strong relations with New Delhi.

If responsible governance returns, careless statements will end – Hasina

Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina expressed confidence that as soon as democracy is restored in the country and a responsible government comes to power, all such careless statements will end. He said, ‘The current tension in relations between India and Bangladesh is entirely the responsibility of the Yunus regime, whose government makes hostile statements against India, fails to protect religious minorities and gives freedom to extremists to decide foreign policy. Then when the tension increases, then one also expresses surprise.

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Bangladesh’s International Crime Tribunal (ICT) on Tuesday (August 12, 2025) dismissed the petition to allow senior advocate ZI Khan Panna of the Supreme Court to represent former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The matter is related to anti -humanity crimes associated with the protests that started in July last year.

Analysts believe that this decision is injustice to the judicial process and has violated Hasina’s right to rescue. Advocate Najnin Nahar filed this application on behalf of Panna.

According to local media, while hearing the petition in the testimony, the Tribunal said that it cannot be accepted. ICT remarked, “The train has already left the station, it is not possible to ride in it by informing the station master. There is no opportunity to appoint a new lawyer in this phase of the case.” The tribunal said that the Supreme Court lawyer Amir Hussain has already been appointed by the state to advocate Hasina.,

In which case the case on Sheikh Hasina is going on?

Significantly, on August 3, the prosecution started its action against Hasina and two others in the case of anti -human crime in ICT. The co-accused include former Home Minister Asdujman Khan Kamal and former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chaudhary Abdullah Al Mamoon. After the proceedings, Awami League termed the allegations leveled against his leadership as politically motivated and called it a conspiracy of the illegal interim government led by Mohammad Yunus.

The leader of the Awami League told the Yunus government

Awami League leader Mohammad A. Arafat said, “Neither former Prime Minister Hasina nor he has received a formal information about the case, which reflects the absurd action of this non-elected government. It is part of the conspiracy of a non-elected occupiers, which is desperate to end democratic legitimacy, silence the opposition and remain in power. Such a government has no legal and no moral rights that it has been prosecuted for the public. Parliament has the right to amend the law passed by Parliament. ”

He said that any democratically elected leader should not be prosecuted to perform constitutional duties while facing violent rebellion.

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