‘If India attacks Pakistan, Bangladesh should occupy northeastern states…’: Yunus’ aide makes shocking remark

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A former Bangladesh army officer and a close aide of Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus suggested that Dhaka should collaborate with China to occupy India's northeastern states if it attacks Pakistan. Tensions between India and Pakistan have worsened after a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam district killed 26 civilians on April 22. In a Facebook post, Major General (Retd) ALM Fazlur Rahman on Tuesday wrote that Bangladesh should occupy all northeastern states of India. “If India attacks Pakistan, then Bangladesh should occupy all northeastern states,” he wrote in Bengali. Suggesting taking China's help, he went on to say, “I...