‘Stop Sheikh Hasina from making speeches’: Bangladesh interim government requests India – Times of India

The Bangladesh interim government has informed New Delhi that it is not positively taking the political statements that ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been making after her arrival in India, foreign ministry spokesperson and public diplomacy wing director general Toufiq Hasan said on Thursday.
In a report by Prothom Alo, Hasan is quoted as saying: “India has been requested to take steps to refrain Sheikh Hasina from delivering such speeches and statements. She needs to stop this in view of the historical relationship between two countries.”
Speaking to the media, Hasan said the government had apprised the Indian high commissioner in Dhaka and the Indian government of the matter more than once. “The government has expressed strong displeasure over the matter and India has been requested to take steps to refrain Sheikh Hasina from delivering such speeches and statements,” Toufiq added.
“It is highly necessary to refrain her (Sheikh Hasina) from making such statements in view of the mutual respects and historical relationship between two countries,” he said.
When asked about India’s response in this regard, the director general said, “We have conveyed the message to the Indian high commissioner who has assured us that he would place the matter in front of the government.”