The sun is shining and the skies are clear in Dhaka as Bangladesh gets ready to vote. The results of these elections are a given even before the polls opened. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is all set to make history in what is likely to be her fourth term. At stake for Hasina a cakewalk with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party boycotting the polls is not a win, but a ‘win’ that will be seen as a win to the West.
US involvement in the project is in line with its geo-strategic moves to undermine Beijing’s growing influence in the Indian Ocean region and its preparations for war against China.
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