The Chakma leaders of India on Monday called upon the Government of India to suspend diesel and power supply to the Bangladesh following refusal of Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to visit India till Sheikh Hasina, and other alleged fugitive criminals, and the accused killers of Shaheed Sharif Osman Hadi are extradited to Bangladesh.
The Chakma leaders stated that India ought to suspend the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline under which India has committed to supplying Bangladesh with 1,80,000 metric tonnes of diesel annually through the pipeline. India had already supplied more than 30,000 tonnes of diesel to Bangladesh in March and April despite disruptions because of the West Asia conflict. India itself facing energy crisis and only on 16 August, India for the first time fixed maximum cooking gas LPG production targets for the public and private-sector refineries and upstream companies to address India’s energy vulnerability.
In addition, export from Adani's Godda coal-fired power plant from eastern Jharkhand state to Bangladesh which rose to about 2.25 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) from September to December 2025 ought to be suspended.
The Chakma leaders stated that the preconditions set by Bangladesh for visit by Prime Minister Tarique Raham are an insult to India.
The Chakma leaders also urged India to take necessary measures to ensure that historical mistake of awarding the Chittagong Hill Tracts, a non-Muslim majority area to Pakistan are addressed. The indigenous peoples of the CHT demanded to be part of India and hoisted Indian flag at Rangamati on 15 August 1947.
The Chakma leaders who demanded suspension of diesel and power supply to Bangladesh are Rasik Mohan Chakma, MLA and Member of Chakma Autonomous District Council; Prof. Gautam Chakma, President, Humanity Protection Forum; Pritimoy Chakma, Chakma Hajong Elders Forum, Arunachal Pradesh; and Suhas Chakma, Founder, Chakma Development Foundation of India.