West's 3 Mistakes: How Misreading Hasina Unleashed Chaos in Bangladesh

• Former Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Menon Rao criticizes Western countries for misjudging Bangladesh and Sheikh Hasina, leading to current instability.
• Rao argues the West mistakenly viewed Hasina as merely a dictator, ignoring her role as a "stabilizer" who controlled radical groups like Jamaat-e-Islami.
• The West's three key errors: misinterpreting Hasina's role, overestimating the opposition, and misjudging the power vacuum created by her removal.
• Hasina's departure led to a void filled by fundamentalists and mobs, resulting in widespread violence, attacks on Indian diplomatic property, and media.
• Bangladesh, once stable, is now facing a crisis, with the Yunus government proving ineffective, raising concerns about its future resembling Syria or Afghanistan.

Why It Matters: Western misjudgment of Sheikh Hasina led to Bangladesh's instability, empowering fundamentalists.