Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Dhaka: For the first time since the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her arch rival party BNP has made a big statement on India-Bangladesh relations. A senior leader of BNP, which is known to have an anti-India stance, has targeted former diplomats, bureaucrats, leaders and institutions and alleged that they are misleading India to believe that India-Bangladesh relations will deteriorate without the Sheikh Hasina-led government. Amir Khusro Mahmud Chowdhury, leader of Khaleda Zia-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), said a few days after India expressed concern over the safety of minorities in Bangladesh, that it is an internal matter of the country.
He said Bangladesh wants strong relations with its closest neighbour India. Chowdhury’s party BNP has been a long-time rival of Hasina-led Awami League (AL). Hasina left the country and went to India on August 5 in the wake of the nationwide student movement. After this, an interim government was formed on August 8 under the leadership of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, which will work till the elections are held. In an interview to ‘PTI-Bhasha’ here, Chowdhury targeted the “attitude of former diplomats, officials, political leaders and institutions” and alleged that they were misleading India about Bangladesh. He said that due to this, India-Bangladesh relations have deteriorated.
BNP blames Sheikh Hasina
He said, “This so-called system has created such a fear that if there is no Awami League, there will be security problems for India; if Sheikh Hasina is not there, the country will go into the hands of fundamentalists; if there is no Awami League, Hindus in Bangladesh will be in danger.” He said, “This is completely false and a deliberately fabricated story. These people should wake up now. Bangladesh is one of the most liberal countries; Hindus and Muslims have been living together here for centuries.” The minority Hindu population has suffered economic losses during the violence that continued for several days after the fall of the Hasina government in Bangladesh and allegations of destruction of Hindu temples have surfaced.
Said this about the attack on minorities
Chowdhury said, “There may be differences of opinion, but no government in Bangladesh supports attacks on its minorities. The Constitution of Bangladesh guarantees equal rights to all and above all, we do not believe in the concept of minority and majority. We regret to say on the question of minorities that it is an internal matter of Bangladesh.” He said, “How can others comment on the issue of minorities in our country? How can it come in the way of diplomatic relations? It is our internal matter. We never complain about what happens to Indian minorities, so no one should comment on the issue of minorities here.” (Language)
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