Indian Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said the Shibir-backed panels sweep of the Dhaka University Central Students' Union election was a "worrying portent of things to come".
Tuesday's election saw the Shibir-backed United Students' Alliance panel sweep the top posts, with its candidates winning the offices of vice-president, general secretary and assistant general secretary.
"This may have registered as barely a blip on most Indian minds, but it is a worrying portent of things to come," Tharoor wrote on X.
He added that there was a growing sense of frustration among the general population.
"There is an increasing sense of frustration in Bangladesh with both major parties — the (now banned) Awami League and the Bangladesh National Party. Those who wish "a plague on both your houses" are increasingly turning to the Jamaat-e-Islami, not because these voters are zealots or Islamist fundamentalists, but because they are not tainted by the corruption and misgovernance associated, rightly or wrongly, with the two mainstream parties."
He also wondered how the development would impact the upcoming parliamentary elections, slated for February.
"How will this play out in the Feb 2026 general elections? Will New Delhi be dealing with a Jamaat majority next door?"
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