India, May 2 -- ALM Fazlur Rahman, a retired Bangladeshi major general, suggested that his country should invade and occupy all seven northeastern states of India if New Delhi attacks Pakistan, as a retaliation for the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that killed 26 people.

Rahman, a former head of the Bangladesh Rifles (now Border Guard Bangladesh) who is considered close to Bangladesh chief advisor Muhammad Yunus, also called for cooperation with China to achieve the wild idea.

"If India attacks Pakistan, Bangladesh will have to occupy seven states of northeast India. In this regard, I feel it is necessary to start discussions on joint military arrangement with China," Rahman wrote in Bengali on Facebook.

Rahman's commen...