The recent victory of the Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) at Dhaka University raises significant security concerns for India, as the organization is linked to radical Islamist ideologies and has a history of violence, including past involvement in communal tensions and support for terrorist activities. This win indicates a troubling trend of increasing Islamist influence in Bangladesh’s institutions, particularly after a ban on the ICS was lifted. Indian intelligence has documented the ICS’s connections to the ISI and its role in facilitating terrorism in South Asia. This development could potentially destabilize the region, raising alarms for Indian security agencies given the ICS’s ties to groups targeting India.