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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. (File Image/PTI)
The MP added that Sheikh Hasina's indefinite stay in India would complicate matters as Bangladesh would see it as harboring a hostile person
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Friday that India has an absolute obligation to show that it will help its friends if they are in need, referring to ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. On August 5, the Awami League leader resigned and fled to India following unprecedented student-led protests against the government's controversial employment quota system.
Talking about the current situation in the neighboring country and the situation of Hindus there, Tharoor in an exclusive interview to CNN-News18 said, “We have information about temple attacks, Hindu attacks and several other incidents. With Shef There was a strong anti-Hindu undercurrent in the early days of the anarchy, but there were also reassuring stories of Bengali people supporting and helping the Hindu family. Met Hindu minority leaders twice, it's a way of showing you belong here Things are getting better now and it wasn't that bad before.
After the fall of Hasina's government, violence broke out across Bangladesh, killing about 230 people, bringing the death toll to more than 600 since large-scale student protests first began in mid-July.
An interim government is currently at the helm, with 84-year-old Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus serving as chief adviser.
“Sheikh Hasina suppressed militancy, rampant ISI, and all these posed huge risks to India. She even handed over some militants to India. If you are not grateful for this support, then why Will anyone help you? “So India has an absolute obligation to show that it will help its friends if they are in need. Yes, it will get complicated if she stays here indefinitely,” Tharoor told News18. Because Bangladesh will see us harboring people who are hostile to them, but it all depends on how Hasina will behave.
