updated: May 06 2021, 22:21 ist
Dhaka subtly sent out a message to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s government in New Delhi as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government lauded the Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for upholding the principle of religious harmony in the state.
After her landslide victory in the state assembly elections, Banerjee received a congratulatory letter from Bangladesh Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen, who lauded her for upholding Bengal’s long-cherished values – principle of religious harmony and brotherhood, which ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of the neighbouring nation espoused.
Momen’s congratulatory letter to Banerjee apparently came with a subtle dig for the BJP, which the Trinamool Congress defeated in the just-concluded assembly elections in West Bengal. Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress had accused the BJP of pursuing a communal and divisive campaign to win the elections and come to power in the state.