B'desh to scale back diplomatic presence in India? What its FM said

The Bangladesh interim government's overseas affairs advisor M Touhid Hossain connected Sunday said Dhaka would "consider scaling backmost its presence" successful New Delhi if deterioration continues successful the situation, which turned grim aft the anti-India younker person Osman Hadi succumbed to the injuries helium suffered successful an assassination bid.Hossain's remarks came hours aft India rejected arsenic “misleading propaganda” reports successful Bangladeshi media that protests extracurricular its ngo successful New Delhi against the sidesplitting of a Hindu antheral successful Mymensingh attempted to make a information situation.The ministry of outer affairs (MEA) had said that astir 20-25 youths gathered successful beforehand of the Bangladesh High Commission successful New Delhi connected Saturday and raised slogans, protesting the "horrendous killing" of Dipu Chandra Das, 25, who was lynched to decease by a mob successful Mymensingh connected Thursday.Hossain besides said the protesters besides did not simply rise slogans implicit the sidesplitting of a Bangladeshi Hindu national but made "other statements arsenic well," and claimed that reports published successful Bangladeshi newspapers were mostly close and not misleading, according to quality bureau PTI.Hossain, however, said helium had nary factual impervious astir decease threats to the Bangladesh envoy successful Delhi arsenic speculated.The strained bilateral narration betwixt India and Bangladesh has descended a notch little since Muhammad Yunus has taken complaint of the interim authorities aft Sheikh Hasina's ouster.

The incidental triggered a monolithic convulsive protestation that swelled into wide arson, killing, and vandalism extracurricular the Indian precocious committee and against the Hindu community.Hossain said Bangladesh was “compelled” to respond openly pursuing the Indian property enactment but added that some sides stay successful interaction done diplomatic channels and convey their positions accordingly.“Regarding the Indian property note, we wholly cull it, wholly cull it.

The contented has been presented arsenic if it were precise simple, whereas successful world it is not,” state-run quality bureau Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) quoted Hossain arsenic saying astatine the media briefing.He questioned however a radical of 25 to 30 people, “described arsenic belonging to a Hindu extremist organisation, could scope specified a delicate zone,” adding nether mean circumstances this should not person been imaginable “unless they were allowed the access.”Hossain besides called the MEA connection “oversimplified” saying “they (India) accidental it whitethorn person been 20–25 people, but that is not the point.”