The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has lodged a strong protest against the highly deplorable remarks reportedly made by Indian Union Home Minister Amit Shah about Bangladeshi nationals during his recent visit to Jharkhand.
“Through the protest note handed over today [23 September] 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,” reads a foreign ministry statement.
“The ministry 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,” it adds.
Earlier this week, Amit Shah threatened that India’s ruling party BJP would free Jharkhand of “Rohingya and Bangladeshi infiltrators” and hang them “upside down”, according to Indian media reports.
“Due to fear of losing their vote bank, the [political parties] JMM, RJD and Congress do not stop infiltration. If you change the government of Jharkhand, I promise that the BJP will send out all the Rohingya and Bangladeshi infiltrators from Jharkhand, one by one,” Amit Shah said while addressing a rally in Jharkhand on 21 September.
