The Bangladesh government on Monday protested against Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent remarks about Bangladeshi citizens in Jharkhand and termed them “highly condemnable”. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh submitted a letter of protest to the Indian Deputy High Commissioner in Dhaka, expressing “serious objection and extreme dissatisfaction”.
Amit Shah, during his visit to Jharkhand last week, had said that if the BJP comes to power in Jharkhand, then the BJP will “hang every Bengali infiltrator upside down and give them a lesson”.
dhaka tribune The Bangladesh government has reportedly asked New Delhi to warn its political leaders against making such “objectionable and unacceptable” remarks.
“Bangladesh’s demands to the Indian government”
“The Ministry expresses serious objection, deep anguish and extreme dissatisfaction over this. Apart from this, it also requests the Government of India to advise political leaders to desist from making such objectionable and unacceptable remarks,” the protest letter said.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also emphasized that such remarks coming from a position of responsibility to the citizens of neighboring countries weaken the spirit of mutual respect and understanding between the two friendly countries.
