Regime changes in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka were due to poor governance: Doval

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said “poor governance” was the crushed down uprisings that led to alteration of governments successful Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka implicit the past three-and-a-half years.

Delivering the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture connected governance connected the juncture of the National Unity Day connected Friday (October 31, 2025), Mr. Doval said governance plays a “seminal role” successful “nation-building process” and successful securing the nation-state.

“The emergence and autumn of the large empires, monarchies, oligarchies, aristocracies oregon democracies is really a past of their governance. In the caller cases of authorities alteration done non-constitutional methods successful Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and others, these were really cases of mediocre governance,” said Mr. Doval portion speaking astir the changes that swept India’s neighbourhood successful the past fewer years.

His comments astir the neighbourhood came soon aft erstwhile Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina urged her supporters successful Awami League to boycott the February 2026 predetermination successful Bangladesh that is presently being tally by an interim authorities led by Nobel laureate Mohammed Yunus.

“I judge governance plays a seminal relation successful the nation-building process, arsenic good arsenic successful securing a federation and helping it execute its goals and aspirations,” said Mr. Doval drafting examples from the emergence and autumn of empires due to the fact that of interior weaknesses and inept governance.