Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Shafiqur Rahman’s announcement that he wants ‘friendly relations with India’ has come to Delhi’s attention. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country has also expressed hope that there may be more discussions about this in the future.
India’s External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said this in response to questions from reporters at the ministry’s weekly briefing in Delhi on Friday.
In today’s briefing, journalists asked questions about Bangladesh in various ways. Among these was the lifting of the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami, who was responsible for the recent floods? There are various issues including the finger of complaint from a part of Bangladesh towards India and the future of Indian projects in Bangladesh.
Again, after the phone conversation between US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the two countries made separate statements, the issue of two types of statements about Bangladesh also came up in the press briefing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami was declared banned by Sheikh Hasina’s government on August 1, which was withdrawn on August 28. Yunus’ interim government.
Then the Amir of Jamaat Dr. while discussing with the country’s media. Shafiqur Rahman said that his party is interested in building good relations with India.
A journalist asked Randhir Jaiswal, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India, about this comment of Jamaat Amir, ‘There was a complaint against Jamaat-e-Islami that they incite anti-India sentiments. But now when they want to improve relations with India. What is the Indian government’s position on this?
Without giving a direct answer to this question, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India gave details about the meeting of the Indian Ambassador with the Chief Advisor of Bangladesh.
Jaiswal answered the main question in just one line, referring to the discussions between the Chief Adviser and the Indian Ambassador on bilateral relations, protection of Hindus and minorities in Bangladesh, recent floods etc.
Addressing the questioning journalist, he said, “The other issue you raised (the issue of Jamaat-e-Islami’s friendship) has come to our attention and we are hopeful that we will discuss the issue further later.”
When another journalist asked the spokesperson about the lifting of the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami, Randhir Jaiswal said, “We are looking at the matter as an internal matter of Bangladesh.”
Source: BBC
