New Delhi: Even as India termed the political crisis in neighbouring Bangladesh an internal affair and declined comment, privately there is rising concern over the activities of the opposition BNP chief and former prime minister Khaleda Zia's son Tarique Rahman and his "close contact" with fundamentalists and Pakistan's ISI.
Rahman, 46, who is living in self-imposed exile in London because of corruption charges he faces in his country, is believed to be in close touch with fundamentalist elements in the subcontinent and is also getting help from Pakistan's spy agency Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), according to intelligence inputs here.
Though he moved to London after the Awami League government came to power, he is known to be in close touch with Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior cadre.
Rahman, who is senior vice president of the BNP, has a Facebook page with 198,362 likes with a bold banner saying "Hasina Must Go" and a recent posting from the Dhaner Shishe, or paddy sheaf, the BNP party symbol, terming India as the "number one enemy of Bangladesh".
This fanning of hatred against India is something that New Delhi would not like to encounter again after having established friendly ties with the Sheikh Hasina government.
