Bangladeshis will decide on how polls to be held: India
It is the people of Bangladesh who will have to decide how the next national polls would be held there, said India yesterday, expressing hope that it would be held peacefully.
In its first official comment over the recent developments in the run-up to the elections in Bangladesh, it, however, declined to remark on the caretaker government issue.
Arindam Bagchi, spokesperson of India’s Ministry of External Affairs, made the comments during the weekly media briefing in New Delhi.
“Look, I think there are multiple activities going on [in Bangladesh], people are perhaps commenting on it,” he said, referring to the comments made by some diplomats regarding the national polls in Bangladesh.
“The whole world may be commenting on it, but India is India and we have a very special relationship with Bangladesh. What happens in Bangladesh, impacts us,” Bagchi said, adding the election and the democratic process in Bangladesh have to be decided by the people there.
He said, “Of course, we are closely monitoring [the situation in Bangladesh]. We have a High Commission there…..We hope that there is peace and no violence and the elections are held as per plans.”
“On the issue of caretaker government and all, I certainly don’t have any comment on it,” the MEA spokesman said.
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