The February 2026 Bangladeshi general election is no ordinary democratic exercise; it is a vote on the country’s political future and a crucial deciding point for India's regional security. The street-led "Monsoon Revolution" of August 2024, which ended the 15-year rule of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, created a political vacuum that has fundamentally altered the domestic power structure and, by extension, the strategic equation with New Delhi. This vacuum, marked by the unprecedented exclusion of the country's most dominant party, leaves the field open to forces historically critical of India, signalling the end of the cosy, pro-India era and demanding a rapid re-evaluation of New Delhi’s policy towards its eastern neighbour.

Bangladesh is not merely a neighbour; it is a geo

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