New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- Alleging that Pakistan used Bangladesh as a terror transit point against India between 2001 and 2006, former Bangladesh Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury on Monday claimed that the current objective, following the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina government, is to turn Bangladesh into a "vassal state" of Pakistan's spy agency, the ISI.

In an exclusive interview with ANI, Chowdhury accused the Yunus government of "cosying up" to extremist elements of Pakistan -- the ISI, the military, the Punjabi elite.

Chowdhury is a former aide to Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Organising Secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League.

He was forced to leave the country last year following the coup that ousted Sheikh Ha...