Bangladesh has called upon different quarters in India to refrain from spreading misleading narratives that undermines the spirit of good-neighbourly relations and mutual trust.
“Our attention has been drawn to the recent comments made by the Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs of India regarding the situation of the minority communities in Bangladesh. His comments do not reflect the facts,” foreign ministry spokesperson SM Mahbubul Alam told reporters on Sunday.
He said the government of Bangladesh categorically rejects any inaccurate, exaggerated, or motivated narratives that misrepresent Bangladesh’s longstanding tradition of communal harmony.
“With much regret, we note that there are systematic attempts to portray the isolated incidents of criminal acts as systematic persecution of the Hindus and maliciously used to propagate anti-Bangladesh sentiments in different parts of India,” said the MoFA spokesperson while sharing Bangladesh’s position.
He said the ministry has observed a selective and unfair bias in certain quarters, where isolated incidents are amplified, misrepresented and propagated to incite common Indians against Bangladesh, its diplomatic missions and other establishments in India.
One of the individuals cited by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson was a listed criminal whose unfortunate death happened when he was committing extortion with his Muslim accomplice, who was later arrested.
“To portray this criminal act in the lens of minority treatment is not factual but misleading,” said the MoFA Spokesperson.
