Dhaka, Sept. 6 -- The best news would be if India didn't send any of the 19 lakhs to Bangladesh. At this moment, there is no indication that this best case scenario is going to happen. Indian capital Delhi has been non-committal at best. They have not said they will send but they never have said they won't. One isn't sure if they are fully in control of the situation either.

Assam's politicos have said they will. Assam's Minister Hemanta Sharma has said that India will ask Bangladesh to take back around 12-14 lakhs. The impact of their arrival will be high, all negative for Bangladesh. It's not a question of political difficulties for the ruling party but the difficulties that the state will have to bear.

As yet the official world appea...