Bangladesh strongly protests ‘highly deplorable’ remarks by India’s Home Minister Amit Shah

Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has lodged a strong protest against the "highly deplorable" remarks made by India’s Union Home Minister Amit Shah about Bangladeshi nationals during his recent visit to the state of Jharkhand.

Through the protest note handed over on Monday to the Deputy High Commissioner of India in Dhaka, the Foreign 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.

The Foreign Ministry also emphasized 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.