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.

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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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Mohammad Yunus, the head of the interim government of Bangladesh, invited China to invest in Bangladesh. He described the states of North East of India as landlock. Mohammad Yunus recently arrived on a four -day visit to China. A video of him is going viral on social media, in which he is seen saying, ‘The states of India’s North East, also known as Seven Sisters, are completely landlocked. They have no way to reach the sea directly. We are the only patron of the sea in this entire region ‘.

He said that, ‘There is a big opportunity for you (China). We are calling you Bangladesh and expand your business. Here you can make many things and send goods from here to the whole world.

‘What do 7 states of India mean to say this’?
Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Economic Advisory Council, shared the video of Mohammad Yunus on social media platform X and targeted fiercely. He wrote, ‘It is very interesting to see that Mohammad Yunus is talking about 7 states of India in China and is inviting China to invest in Bangladesh but what does he mean to say that 7 states of India are landlocked’?

Interesting that yunus is making a public appeal to the basis that 7 states in India are land-locked. China is welcome to investment in Bangladesh, but what exactly is the significance of 7 Indian states being landlocked? https://t.co/jhqadizi9s

– sanjeev sanyal (@sanjeevsanyal) March 31, 2025

‘We do not need Bangladesh’
India’s Defense Expert has also strongly criticized it for Mohammad Yunus’s landlocked statement. India’s Defense Expert Dhruv Coach said on Monday (March 31, 2025) that he is not increasing business with India and it is our matter of connectivity, this is our case, this government will see what to do. He said that the Kaladan river project will be completed soon and we do not need Bangladesh.

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