Amit Shah not qualified to speak on Delhi-Dhaka ties, his termite remark is unwanted: Bangladesh minister
Day after BJP chief Amit Shah called Bangladeshi illegal immigrants as ‘termites’, Bangladesh information minister Hasanul Haq Inu said that it was an ‘unwanted remark.’
Inu spoke to Indian media outlets and said that Shah was not qualified to speak on the bilateral ties between India and Bangladesh. He also said Dhaka believes that the comments by Shah were made in personal capacity, which does not reflect the official stand of the Government of India. He also added that India’s official position has already been conveyed by Union Home Minister rajnath Singh and Dhaka is satisfied with it.
When prodded over the controversial NRC issue, Inu said that it was an ‘internal matter’ of India.
The statement came after Shah made the comments at a mega rally in Delhi on Sunday. The BJP chief said that his party will seek to identify illegal immigrants living in the country if it comes to power after the Lok Sabha polls and alleged Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal care for them for vote bank politics.
He said that illegal (Bangladeshi) infiltrators are also causing trouble in the national capital, and likened them to termites, action against whom should not worry any patriot.
"After forming government in 2019, the BJP will undertake a nationwide identification of illegal infiltrators living in the country," he said.
Shah had said that Gandhi and Kejriwal complain when action is taken against them and asserted the Bharatiya Janata Party will repeat its 2014 feat and win all seven Lok Sabha seats in the city.
Following the ongoing National Register of Citizens (NRC) process in Assam, there has been increasing demand from many BJP leaders that an exercise should be undertaken in the rest of the country to identify illegal immigrants.
‘The illegal infiltrators are acting like termites in this country. They are also causing problems in Delhi. Action against them should not worry any patriot,’ Shah added.
(With PTI inputs)
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