India, Dec. 22 -- Ousted former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina said statements - like the one a Bangladeshi politician recently made referring to India's Northeast and the Chicken's Neck - are "dangerous", reflecting the extremist elements that have strengthened under the Muhammad Yunus-led current regime.

National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Hasnat Abdullah recently contended in a fiery speech that Bangladesh can shelter separatist forces from India and sever the seven northeastern states - also known as the "seven sisters - from the rest of the country.

A corridor in West Bengal's Siliguri - commonly referred to as "Chicken's Neck" - connects mainland India to the northeastern states. It is the most one of the most sensitiv...