Bangladesh has taken robust objection to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s feedback to the Indian Excessive Fee relating to its inner affairs, sources mentioned. Sources mentioned Dhaka claimed Ms Banerjee’s feedback over the weekend have been provocative and inaccurate in relation to Bangladesh’s inner affairs.
Dhaka additional mentioned that they’re working onerous to return to normalcy and such statements by the chief minister, particularly on the loss of life of scholars, are deceptive.
In a present of solidarity amid ongoing violence in Bangladesh, Ms Banerjee steered she would hold the nation’s doorways open to supply shelter to individuals in misery in neighboring nations.
She cited U.N. resolutions on refugees as justification for her stance.
“I mustn’t speak concerning the affairs of Bangladesh as a result of that could be a sovereign nation and no matter must be mentioned on this difficulty is the topic of the Centre. However I can inform you that if helpless individuals come knocking on the door of Bangladesh, we Shelter will probably be offered to them,” she mentioned on the social gathering’s Martyrs’ Day rally in Kolkata.
Sources mentioned Dhaka identified that the state of affairs talked about by Ms Banerjee within the UN decision was not widespread in Bangladesh.
Moreover, it mentioned such statements, particularly these promising individuals asylum, might anger many individuals. Terrorists and villains might additionally reap the benefits of such bulletins.
Greater than 60 individuals have been killed in Bangladesh as scholar protests over reservations in authorities jobs turned violent. Because the violence worsened, tons of of Indian college students from Bangladesh returned. The Bangladesh authorities imposed an in a single day curfew on Friday.
At the least eight districts have been hit by violence, with college students blocking roads and railway strains and clashing with police.
