Account of Press Secretary to Bangladesh Chief Advisor on PM Modi-Yunus meeting is mischievous, politically motivated: Sources
Bangladesh Chief Advisor about the meeting of the Bangladesh leader Muhammad Yunus with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sources have dismissed the account as mischievous and politically motivated.
Sources said on Saturday that the characterisation of PM Modi's remarks regarding the relationship between Yunus and the previous government was also inaccurate.
The sources said underlined that PM Modi spoke of the progress in our bilateral relationship since 2014 and characterized it as a deep friendship between our societies and peoples.
They said PM Modi also mentioned the importance of elections as the basis of legitimacy in any democracy.
«A continued procrastination in this regard would damage the Chief Advisor's reputation. The Bangladeshi contention that attacks on minorities were a social media concoction was dismissed as being in contradiction of facts on the ground,» a source said.
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Regarding various specific issues raised by the Chief Advisor, PM Modi told him that this was best discussed by the Foreign Ministers.
Sources said there is no basis for the observation made by the Press Secretary on the extradition request pertaining to former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Sources, in fact, emphasized that such attempts call into question both the seriousness and the good faith of the interim government. Shafiqul Alam, Press Secretary to Bangladesh Chief Advisor, had posted his remarks on social media.
PM Modi met Professor Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh, on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok on Friday.
PM Modi reiterated India's support for a democratic, stable, peaceful, progressive and inclusive Bangladesh.
Enunciating India's