4Photo© thehindu.comBangladesh protests Amit Shah's 'hang infiltrators upside down' remark
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Bangladesh on Monday lodged a protest against remarks made by Union Home Minister Amit Shah regarding Bangladeshi nationals during his visit to Jharkhand last week.
In a statement, Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the remarks “highly deplorable”.
Speaking at a rally in poll-bound Jharkhand on September 20, Shah had repeated the claims that Bangladeshi nationals were infiltrating into the state. He had vowed that if the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in Jharkhand, it would free the state of “Rohingya and Bangladeshi infiltrators” and hang them “upside down”, reported The Hindu.
On Monday, the Bangladeshi ministry handed over a protest note to the deputy high commissioner of India in Dhaka.
“ 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,
Bangladesh protests Amit Shah’s remarks on ‘infiltrators’ at Jharkhand…