Bangladesh summons Indian envoy to protest remarks by Assam CM Himanta Sarma

DHAKA: Bangladesh connected Thursday summoned acting Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pawan Badhe and protested the remarks made by Assam main curate Himanta Biswa Sarma, and stressed avoiding comments that mightiness wounded bilateral ties.Director General (South Asia) Ishrat Jahan conveyed Dhaka’s presumption to the acting Indian precocious commissioner during a gathering astatine the ministry of overseas affairs (MoFA). Bangladesh described the remarks arsenic disparaging to Bangladesh-India relations and expressed its displeasure to India, said a diplomatic source. The MoFA, however, did not contented immoderate authoritative statement.Sarma connected April 26 said 20 overseas nationals were apprehended successful Assam and pushed backmost to Bangladesh.“Rude radical don't recognize brushed language. We continuously punctual ourselves of this prophetic enactment erstwhile we expel infiltrators from Assam who don't permission themselves. For instance, these 20 amerciable Bangladeshis who were PUSHED BACK past night,” Sarma said successful a station connected X, according to Indian media reports.Bangladesh stressed that nationalist statements susceptible of straining ties betwixt the 2 neighbours are counterproductive, and highlighted the value of exercising restraint erstwhile addressing delicate bilateral issues.