When you go X or FaceBook or even any other social media outlets, you see some positive news from Bangladesh, weather it's about the economy or some startups in Rockets or Agriculture, and within the comment section there will be a mixed group of positive, neutral, and negative comments. Most of the positive comments come from Pakistan's side and Bangladesh side, neutral comments come from almost always from the Bangladesh side, and the neutral to negative comes from Bangladesh side, but the most cut-throat negative comments are from Indians. I have never seen a group of people who consider themselves to be a superpower, to be so insecure, that a non-super power neighbor's success threatens their existence.
After India tried to show that Bangladesh cannot survive without India, reality hit Indian business and they took a big hit which was unexpected and unimaginable. The truth is Bangladesh has a bigger economy than over 90% of all individual Indian states. India's states are mostly poor, but with a combined GDP, it outranks Bangladesh with accumulated low-GDP economies.
There are videos in which businesses in West Bengal, (hotels, stores, private taxis and bus services) are shutting down because they depend on the wealth of lower-income Bangladeshis over the border. There's one video in which a hotel owner is desperate for Bangladeshi customers that he volunteers to carry the Bangladeshi customers' luggage back to his hotel.
For at least 2 years India sides with any movement or leader in Bangladesh that they believe will keep the status quo and not allow Bangladesh to develop more than India. Yes, India has billions of dollars of foreign investments, mostly in the States of Maharashtra and Gujarat, with a combined population of 202 million. However, they also have billions of dollars of foreign loans, mostly from China and domestic/foreign combined debt of $4 trillion. Bangladesh has 180 million people. And unlike Indian states, there is a high degree of homogeneity among the people in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is the Guardian of the Sea
In addition, Bangladesh is India's gateway to the NE Indian States, whos economy is in desperate state due to the neglect of Delhi. Some mainland Indians don't consider the population NE Indian States but India holds on to those states to be a buffer between India and China. The NE Indian States are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura. You add Sikkim since it's part of NE India. The NE Indian states are landlocked and Bangladesh holds their balls for import and export. No Indian airline can reach them without flying through Bangladesh Airspace. When Dr. Muhammad Yunus mentioned bangladesh to be "guardian of the sea", the BJP netizens from India had a meltdown and called for an invasion of Bangladesh and some went as far as wanting a genocide in Bangladesh like in Gaza. In reality it's suicide for any army to touch Bangladesh, due to it's terrain, but that's another conversation.
Bangladeshis Don't Illegally Migrate to Underdeveloped Indian States
Bangladesh's GDP is $501 billion. The The total nominal GDP of all eight states combined (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura) is roughly ₹9 lakh crore, which converts to approximately $105–$110 billion. Dhaka, Sylhet, Chittagong, and Rajshahi district are far more industrialized than those Indian States. It goes against logic for the Indian media that Bangladeshis are desperate to come to India. In reality, the opposite is true, as Indians are desperate to come to Bangladesh and capture the Bangladesh's market. Delhi tries to use it's Bollywood-style influence to sway away foreign investments in Bangladesh and direct them to India. India uses false narratives of making Bangladesh look bad, but when it comes to reality, Indians are hated and rejected by the world.
