Tensions in Bangladesh are fast spilling across the border into India, particularly West Bengal, which goes to polls next summer. With Bangladesh’s interim government under Muhammad Yunus facing mounting street pressure and the army stepping back, the possibility of unrest – and a refugee spillover – looms large over India’s eastern frontier.

If the Awami League’s planned November 13 protest in Dhaka turns violent or triggers an exodus, it could directly aggravate Bengal’s own volatile political atmosphere, already charged by the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and polarising debates over “illegal migrants.”

The BJP has strongly backed the SIR exercise, saying it’s needed to identify foreigners and clean up voter lists. The Trinamool Congress, however, has condemned i

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