Union home minister Amit Shah’s remarks putting down Bangladesh have riled Dhaka again, with the neighbouring country’s foreign minister A.K. Abdul Momen describing such statements as unacceptable and potentially harmful to the bilateral relationship.
Momen was referring to Shah’s interview with the online edition of Anandabazar Patrika, in which the Indian home minister said that development had not reached the grassroots in the border areas of Bangladesh and, therefore, the poor there still did not get food.
“That is why (it’s one of the reasons) infiltration is happening. And the infiltrators are not staying only in Bengal; they are spreading to various states, even Jammu and Kashmir,” Shah had said.
‘Increase knowledge’: Bangladesh FM on Amit Shah’s remarks
Momen urged Indian ministers to increase their knowledge
By News Desk| Updated: 16th April 2021 8:12 pm IST
New Delhi: Over the last one-and-a-half-year, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders have constantly berated Bangladesh, often claiming that the nation is underdeveloped and that its citizens from there have been infiltrating India. The latest person to do that was union minister Amit Shah during an election rally on April 15. However, his choice of words have seemingly caused cracks in international relations between both countries now.
Amit Shah, in his latest claim, said that that Bangladeshi people “infiltrate” India as development has “not reached bordering areas”. In response, Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen termed Shah’s remark unacceptable, and even urged Indian ministers to “increase their knowledge”. Momen even flagged such statements, and added that these are not good for