The flight, the report, the politics!!!

THE ongoing political stalemate, supplemented by a 60 hour long shutdown by the BNP-led alliance, has led the American envoy to Bangladesh land in Delhi.
As per the Economic Times (ET) report (October 27), he was there for consulting the ministry of external affairs (MEA) to seek India's views on the situation arising out of violent opposition protests in Bangladesh.
Rationally asking: what can the Indians do in this regard? Practically speaking: there is little the Indians can to do when it comes to widespread domestic political unrest looming large in one of its neighbouring countries.
What seemed rather confusing as per the ET report is that the US envoy was not invited by the MEA. His Excellency had merely acted upon the US government's instructions. If that be so, then he didn't need to discuss his concerns with the Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka before boarding the flight for Delhi.
ET, an Indian magazine, in the last line of the report, stated an Indian-media-clichéd line that "there are reports that terror groups are regrouping in Bangladesh with the help of the Pakistan based ISI."
We, the people of Bangladesh, believe that our internal political peace and stability, countering of extremism and terrorism, and restoration of democracy are exclusively controlled by our own, independent and sovereign leadership, and not influenced by any other nation.
US and India are, and we believe will be, strong friends of Bangladesh on the subject of sharing democratic values. But the very messy political impasse was created by the politicians themselves. So it's our politicians who need to clean up the mess.
The ongoing political deadlock is an old one, that has occurred with a 5 year gap before almost all the general elections in Bangladesh -- mainly caused due to a lack of political trust between our two political parties.
And, if the Indian bureaucracy could solve our political deadlocks then it could have done so years ago.

The writer is current affairs analyst, The Daily Star.