Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:14am on 30 Dec 2025,Tuesday India Global
Former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia, who died on Tuesday at 80, had a complex relationship with India. Early in her career, she opposed Indian transit rights and called toll-free road access a form of “slavery”. She also criticised the Farakka Barrage and resisted renewal of a key friendship treaty. During her terms, Bangladesh deepened defence ties with China, raising concern in New Delhi. From 2012, her approach softened. After visits to Delhi, she pledged that BNP governments would act against terror groups using Bangladeshi soil to target India. She later met Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Narendra Modi, signalling limited outreach. (PC: X)
