The interim government of Bangladesh on Monday lodged a strong protest against the Indian union home minister Amit Shah’s remarks about Bangladeshi nationals made during his recent visit to the Indian state of Jharkhand.
The Indian minister said that the BJP would free Jharkhand from ‘Rohingya and Bangladeshi infiltrators’ and hang them ‘upside down’, The Hindu reported on Sunday.
Terming Amit’s remarks as highly deplorable, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a protest note sent to New Delhi through the Indian mission in Dhaka called upon the government of India to advise the political leaders to refrain from making such objectionable and unacceptable remarks.
‘Through the protest note handed over today to the deputy high commissioner of India in Dhaka, the ministry conveyed its serious reservation, deep sense of hurt and extreme displeasure and called upon the government of India to advise the political leaders to refrain from making such objectionable and unacceptable remarks,’ said a foreign ministry press release.
The ministry also emphasised that such remarks, coming from responsible positions against the nationals of a neighbouring country, undermine the spirit of mutual respect and understanding between two friendly countries, it mentioned.
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