Bangladesh lodges protest over Amit Shah’s ‘infiltrator’ remarks

Bangladesh on Monday lodged a protest against Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent remarks in Jharkhand where he reportedly said once BJP came to power in the state it would “straighten out every single Bangladeshi infiltrator by hanging them upside down”.

Bangladesh Foreign Ministry in a statement said: “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh lodged a strong protest against the highly deplorable remarks reportedly made by Union Home Minister of India Mr Amit Shah about Bangladeshi nationals during his recent visit to Jharkhand, India. Through the protest note handed over today to the Deputy High Commissioner of India in Dhaka, the Ministry conveyed its serious reservation, deep sense of hurt and extreme displeasure and called upon the Government of India to advise the political leaders to refrain from making such objectionable and unacceptable remarks.”

Bangladesh also “emphasised that such remarks, coming from responsible positions against the nationals of a neighbouring country, undermine the spirit of mutual respect and understanding between two friendly countries”.