Overview
- Sadhguru said the 22 km-wide land bridge should be strengthened, urging India to “nourish the chicken” so it “evolves into an elephant.”
- He argued India lacked authority at Independence but missed a post-1971 opportunity to correct what he calls a Partition-era mistake.
- He criticized waiting for outside prompts, citing Muhammad Yunus’s comments in China as having sharpened focus on the choke point.
- Reports describe some Bangladeshi political and student leaders speaking about blocking the route, while Sheikh Hasina has called such rhetoric dangerous and unrepresentative.
- He acknowledged that any corrective steps would carry a price and stressed that his remarks contribute to public debate rather than signal government policy.