Dhaka raises concern over illegal migrant expulsions after BJP's win in Bengal, Assam polls

DHAKA/NEW DELHI: “I anticipation nary specified incidental volition happen,” said Bangladesh location curate Salahuddin Ahmed connected Wednesday erstwhile asked if helium feared a emergence successful cases of suspected amerciable immigrants being “pushed back” — forcibly expelled — from India into Bangladesh aft BJP’s canvass victories successful bordering Assam and West Bengal. Illegal migration and ‘pushbacks’ person been a thorny contented successful Indo-Bangladesh ties. Earlier connected Tuesday, Bangladesh overseas curate Khalilur Rahman was quoted connected the governing BNP’s authoritative Facebook leafage arsenic saying that Dhaka would enactment if specified incidents occurred amid the “change of power” successful West Bengal. Though erstwhile PM Sheikh Hasina’s enactment successful India aft her 2024 ouster and a pending extradition petition stay concerns for Dhaka, the “pushback” contented is seen by galore successful Bangladesh arsenic a hurdle to ties. In New Delhi, gathering a delegation of Bangladeshi journalists, overseas caput Vikram Misri said, “We person weathered a investigating time,” adding, “We are getting down to reactivating each tools of bilateral relations and contacts.” Bangladesh and India person implicit 40 bilateral mechanisms covering trade, borderline management, consular issues and water, including the 2011 Teesta stream water-sharing pact blocked by Mamata Banerjee