Mohammad Yunus, the leader of Bangladesh, has been taking actions that are seen as critical of India while strengthening the country’s relationship with Pakistan. The new government has made remarks against India and is focusing on building closer ties with Pakistan. Recently, a new issue has emerged regarding the border fencing between India and Bangladesh
The Yunus-led Bangladesh government has accused India of erecting barbed wire without proper authorization, a claim India has firmly denied, asserting compliance with all regulations. This dispute comes when tensions between the two nations—India and Bangladesh—are already high. The relationship between the two countries has been fraught since August 2024, when Sheikh Hasina’s government faced a crisis, and her subsequent visit to India only deepened the strain. Additionally, Mohammad Yunus’ questioning of border agreements during Hasina’s tenure has further heightened the tensions.
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As per the news agency ANI report, the Border Security Force (BSF) and several other security agencies in a joint operation on Friday foiled an infiltration attempt by apprehending two Bangladeshi nationals in Agartala. The two men have been identified as Gias Uddin (26) and Moin Uddin (25), and they allegedly entered India illegally.
“Acting on confidential information, a joint operation by Agartala Government Railway Police (GRP), Railway Protection Force (RPF), Border Security Force (BSF), and intelligence agencies led to the detention of two Bangladeshi nationals at Agartala Railway Station on Thursday,” an official release said.
Meanwhile, tension between India and Bangladesh erupted on January 8, when India’s Border Security Force (BSF) reportedly began installing barbed wire along the Bangladesh border. The move sparked opposition from the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at several points.
Violent clashes ensued between citizens of both countries residing near the border, exacerbating the conflict. Bangladesh has accused the BSF of shooting a Bangladeshi national dead and injuring several others, which has further intensified the already strained situation.
The installation of barbed wire on the unprotected sections of the India-Bangladesh border began in April of the previous year. The Border Security Force (BSF) adhered to the existing agreement and gave prior notice to the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). Everything proceeded without issues until December, when the temporary government, headed by Yunus, which had forced Hasina to leave the country following a student protest, raised concerns about the fencing project.
According to a report by The Diplomat, India and Bangladesh share a 4,096.7-kilometer-long border. India began fencing this border in 1986 due to increasing concerns over Bangladeshi migration into India’s Northeast, which had sparked a powerful anti-foreigner movement and fueled an armed insurgency.
As reported in The Diplomat, on January 12, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called in the Indian high commissioner in Dhaka to communicate Bangladesh’s “deep concern” over the “unauthorized attempts to construct barbed wire fencing and the related operational actions” by India’s Border Security Force (BSF), which “have caused tensions and disturbances along the border.”
Meanwhile, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) told Bangladesh’s interim high commissioner in New Delhi that India had “observed all protocols and agreements between the two governments” as well as those between the BSF and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) while installing the fencing.
In the past forty years, border fencing aimed at controlling immigration has expanded significantly. As highlighted by the MEA in its recent statement, “barbed wire fencing, border lighting, installation of technical devices, and cattle fences are measures for securing the border” against “cross-border criminal activities, smuggling, movement of criminals, and trafficking.
According to the report, Bangladesh has consistently opposed the Indian fence, claiming it violates the 1975 Joint India-Bangladesh Guidelines for Border Authorities, which prohibit the construction of defense structures within 150 yards of the international border’s zero line. However, India asserts that its single-row fence along the border does not qualify as a “defense structure.”
Following the establishment of Mohammad Yunus’s government in Bangladesh, there has been a demand to review the India-Bangladesh agreements. General Mohammad Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, the home affairs advisor in Yunus’s government, was quoted as saying by The Diplomat “that the Hasina government allowed “India to perform some unequal activities at the border from 2010 to 2023. India should not have done so, but the previous government gave them the opportunity.”
Chowdhury stated, “The previous government had signed four agreements regarding the border situation,” asserting that “the interim government will review all of them.”
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