Jaishankar on Tuesday said that there are an estimated 19,000 Indian nationals of which about 9000 are students while ensuring the country that the government is in close contact with the Indian community in Dhaka.
Amid the unrest in Bangladesh, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) leader Clyde Crasto on Tuesday said that the central government should ensure that Indian students studying in Bangladesh should come back safely to the country.
Bittu wrote an official letter to the External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and urged him to take up with the Army authorities in Bangladesh to protect two historical Sikh shrines, Gurdwara Nanak Shahi and Gurdwara Sangat Tola situated in Dhaka.
Bangladesh is facing a fluid political situation with Sheikh Hasina, on August 5, tendering her resignation from her post in the wake of mounting protests. The protests, led majorly by students demanding an end to a quota system for government jobs, took the shape of anti-government protests
Political development in any member country has no impact on the functioning of BIMSTEC, said the regional group's secretary general Indra Mani Pandey on Tuesday.
Reacting to External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar's statement on Bangladesh unrest in Parliament, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP, Priyanka Chaturvedi said on Tuesday that his statement was very mature considering the fragile situation, adding that the central government have to ensure that Indians
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that there are an estimated 19,000 Indian nationals of which about 9000 are students while ensuring the country that the government is in close contact with the Indian community in Dhaka.
A day after former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country, President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday, dissolved parliament to make way for the formation of an interim administration.
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MP Fauzia Khan on Tuesday said that the political crisis in Bangladesh is a serious concern for our nation and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold an all-party meeting over the issue.
National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah said that the ongoing situation in Bangladesh is a "lesson for every dictator" and added that there comes a time when people run out of patience which was witnessed in Bangladesh.
External Affairs Minister while briefing an all-party meeting on the Bangladesh situation told the members that Sheikh Hasina had moved to India and India would take care of the Bangladeshi leader.