Bangladesh asks India to stop former PM Hasina from making 'false statements'

7/2/2025 15:18

Bangladesh has asked India to stop ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from making "false and fabricated" comments while she is in the country, its foreign ministry said.



Hasina fled to India last year following violent protests that killed more than 1,000 people.



In an online address on Wednesday, she called on her supporters to stand against the interim government in Bangladesh, accusing it of seizing power in an unconstitutional manner.



Thousands of protesters gathered in Dhaka before Hasina's address and, an in effort to disrupt it, demolished and set fire to the home of Mujibur Rahman, her father and Bangladesh's founding leader. The violence continued after Hasina spoke.



Bangladesh's foreign ministry handed over a protest note to India's acting high commissioner in Dhaka, conveying "deep concern, disappointment and serious reservation" over her comments, it said in a statement on its Facebook page.



"The ministry ... requested ... India to immediately take appropriate measures, in the spirit of mutual respect and understanding, to stop her from making such false, fabricated and incendiary statements ... while she is in India," it said.



Although India did not comment on the communication received from Bangladesh, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal condemned the destruction of Rahman's home as an "act of vandalism".