India's Ruling Party Have Potential to Tarnish Country's Reputation on Global Stage

The drastic shift in Bangladesh-India relations, once characterized by a spirit of friendship but now marked by discriminatory behaviour, has become increasingly apparent.

Conflicts between nations or political ideologies are always the result of human actions, and it is humans who must work toward their resolution. The very term "human" inherently evokes ideas of civility, decency, and mutual respect.

However, Suvendu Adhikari, a leader of India's ruling party, seems to disregard these fundamental human virtues. For him, possessing the ability to speak appears to equate to the freedom to utter anything without restraint. At the slightest perception of a threat to his interests, he does not hesitate to liken people to "flies and mosquitoes." Worse still, he has openly expressed a desire to exterminate them as one would pests. In this modern era, the notion of exterminating humans as if they were mere insects is a very light issue for him. The blunt and dismissive manner in which he insulted the people of Bangladesh suggests that, in his worldview, the concept of "decency" has no place. Instead, crudeness seems to serve as his misguided badge of honour.

Before labelling Suvendu’s actions as purely malicious, it might be more constructive to view them as stemming from ignorance or poor judgment. In today’s interconnected world, where globalization ensures that actions and words are subject to international scrutiny, such inhumane and uncivil remarks by a leader of India’s ruling party have the potential to tarnish the country’s reputation on the global stage.

Therefore, to uphold the principles of decency and safeguard India’s image, India’s educated civil society must protest or condemn Suvendu Adhikari’s offensive behaviour. This would not only shield India as a nation from collective accountability for his remarks but also place the responsibility squarely on Suvendu himself, highlighting the deficiencies in his Family education also His moral upbringing.

The controversy arose from a public speech Suvendu delivered on the afternoon of December 24. In his remarks, he stated: “Bangladeshis are like flies and mosquitoes. If we wish, we can exterminate them at any time. Not just that, the daily garbage produced in Kolkata alone, if carried by cargo planes, would bury all of Bangladesh under it.”