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New Delhi: In a major development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh has summoned the second senior-most diplomat of the Indian High Commission in Dhaka to register a strong protest with India. According to the reports, Bangladesh has expressed its objection over the recent interviews given by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Hasina has recently given a series of interviews to several media organizations, including Indian and other foreign outlets. Bangladesh has now demanded that India immediately restrict Hasina’s access to the media.
As per Bangladesh’s state-run news agency BSS, citing a high-level unnamed diplomatic source, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner Pawan Badhe and conveyed Bangladesh’s serious concern over the Indian government allowing the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to speak with mainstream Indian media.
Here are some of the important details:
- Hasina (78) left Bangladesh for India on August 5 last year after nationwide violent protests led by students.
- Several cases have been filed against her since then.
- Hasina’s supporters claim that the charges against her are politically motivated.
- Sheikh Hasina is facing trial on charges of crimes against humanity
- Indian diplomat was asked to inform his government of Bangladesh’s request to immediately restrict Hasina’s access to the media.
However, there has been no official response from Indian authorities so far. Sources familiar with the matter said that the Indian side has made it clear that media in India is independent and not controlled by the government. Interestingly, Hasina recently gave interviews to British and French media outlets as well, but the Bangladeshi Foreign Ministry did not summon the diplomats of those countries.
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