New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Spiritual leader Sadhguru on Monday said the Siliguri Corridor was an anomaly created by the Partition of India and argued that it should have been corrected in 1971.
He said that as India now faces threats to its sovereignty, the country must strengthen the narrow corridor, popularly known as the “Chicken’s Neck.” Using a metaphor, Sadhguru said India must “nourish the chicken and allow it to evolve into an elephant,” referring to what he described as extremist policies of the Bangladeshi regime.
“The Siliguri Corridor is a 78-year-old anomaly created by Bharat’s partition, which should have been corrected in 1971. Now that there is an open threat to the nation’s sovereignty, it is time to nourish the chicken and allow it to evolve into an elephant,” Sadhguru said.
He was responding to recent remarks by some Bangladeshi leaders who invoked the term “Chicken’s Neck” while allegedly threatening to cut off the Siliguri Corridor.
Earlier, former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina described such rhetoric as “dangerous and irresponsible,” saying no serious leader would threaten a neighbor on whom Bangladesh depends for trade, transit, and stability. She said such voices “do not represent the Bangladeshi people” and expressed confidence that once democracy and responsible governance are restored, such statements would end.
Commenting on indications of growing Pakistan-Bangladesh engagement, Hasina said Bangladesh believes in “friendship to all, malice toward none,” but criticized what she described as Muhammad Yunus’ “headlong embrace” of Islamabad.
Under the Assam Accord and subsequent provisions of the Citizenship Act, individuals who entered Assam from Bangladesh before March 24, 1971, and have been residing in the state are deemed Indian citizens. Those who migrated after the cut-off date are considered illegal immigrants under Indian law.
Meanwhile, on December 27, amid ongoing protests over alleged atrocities against minorities in Bangladesh, BJP workers held a torchlight rally in Siliguri.
BJP leader Anita Mahato, who participated in the rally, said violence would continue unless Hindus united. “We held a torchlight rally against the way Sanatani Hindus are being tortured in Bangladesh in Siliguri. We want to send a message that unless we Hindus unite, such situations will continue,” she said.
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