The Awami League has ruled Bangladesh for 24 years, Bangladesh Nationalist Party for 13 years, and the military for11 years.  To put it differently, the ‘secularists’ and ‘Islamists’ have ruled the country for almost half-half periods.

Parties like the TDP and JD(U) will prevent the BJP from fiddling with the notion of federalism, ‘cooperative federalism’ included. The Hindi-Hindu-Hindustan will seldom be audible now.