Bangladesh lodges protest against Amit Shah's 'infiltrators' remark at Jharkhand rally

Bangladesh’s interim government has lodged a formal protest note to India’s deputy high commissioner in Dhaka against Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks calling its nationals “infiltrators”.

“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,” read the protest note.

“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,” continued the note.

Remarks at poll rally

Union minister Amit Shah during an election campaign last week in Jharkhand had claimed that “the BJP will hang every Bangladeshi infiltrator upside down to give them a lesson” if his party was elected to power in the state, as reported by ANI.

“Infiltrators are the vote bank of Lalu Yadav, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, and Rahul Baba’s Congress party. If you change the government, I promise that we will identify and throw out every single infiltrator from Jharkhand. In our state, the number of infiltrators is increasing in place of tribals. We have to stop this. Only the BJP can do this work,” Amit Shah was quoted by ANI.