"Greatest Strategic Challenge Since 1971": S Tharoor-Led Panel On Bangladesh

The current situation in Bangladesh poses the "greatest strategic challenge" for India since the Liberation war of 1971 and while the situation "will not descend into chaos and anarchy", India needs to be careful in handling it, said a parliamentary committee headed by Congress's Shashi Tharoor. The committee has handed the government a series of recommendations, tracing the development of the unrest to a combination of the rise of Islamic radicals, "intensifying Chinese and Pakistani influence" and the "collapse of the dominance of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League".