India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday raised the issue of attacks on minorities, including Hindus, with Bangladesh leaders and officials in Dhaka.
Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri arrived in Dhaka on Monday to engage in high-level talks with the interim government of Bangladesh. He is to meet Bangladesh Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain and Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus to discuss bilateral relations, including reports of violence aga
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri arrived in Dhaka on Monday to hold talks with Bangladesh counterpart Md Jashim Uddin at State Guest House Padma at 5:30 pm.
The visit comes amid recent reports of rise in violence against minorities in Bangladesh and the arrest of Spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in Chittagong.
In protest against the attacks on the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala, thousands of supporters of Bangladesh Nationalists Party (BNP)'s three organizations on Sunday marched towards the Indian High Commission in Dhaka.
Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri is scheduled to visit Bangladesh on December 9 and meet his counterpart there, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday.
This comes amid strained ties between New Delhi and Dhaka following reports of several attacks on minorities, especially Hindus under the current interim government led by Muhammad Yunus.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) MP Mahua Majhi criticised the ruling NDA government at the centre and said that it was ironical that the government do not want to run the house and had adjourned the house after a wad of Rs 500 notes were found from the seat of Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi.
The Congress party sources on Friday believed that currency notes recovered from the bench of party leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi was a "ploy to distract attention" from the Adani issue.