Explained: How Sheikh Hasina’s Presence In India Is Complicating Ties With Bangladesh

Sheikh Hasina’s presence in India once symbolised the close political ties between New Delhi and Dhaka. Two years after she fled Bangladesh, it has become a growing diplomatic complication. The former Bangladeshi prime minister has reopened an old diplomatic wound by addressing journalists from New Delhi and declaring that she plans to return to Bangladesh in December. Her move comes as India tries to rebuild relations with the government that replaced her. Dhaka has reacted sharply. Bangladesh’s foreign ministry accused India of allowing a fugitive convicted of “crimes against humanity” to use Indian soil to attack the country’s sovereignty and…