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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari acknowledged his government has made up our minds to switch land to the BSF to connect a fence alongside the Bangladesh border
West Bengal shares a 2,216-km border with Bangladesh. (PTI/File)
Because the novel Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) government in West Bengal announced the switch of land to the Border Security Power (BSF) for fencing the border with Bangladesh, the international affairs adviser of the nation’s Prime Minister, Tarique Rahman, acknowledged that “Dhaka can’t be intimidated with barbed wire”.
In his first cabinet meeting after taking the oath, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said his government has decided to transfer land to the BSF to establish a fence along the Bangladesh border.
Humaiun Kobir, foreign affairs adviser to Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman, said, “People of Bangladesh are not afraid of barbed wire… The government of Bangladesh is also not afraid; where we need to talk, we will talk.”
Targeting CM Adhikari, he acknowledged the election rhetoric and exact governance are two diverse concerns, adding, “Bangladesh needs to ogle whether the Adhikari govt is following election rhetoric in governance”.
Humaiun said the Indian government should adopt a more “humane approach” in resolving border disputes, if it needs to bolster folks-to-folks ties, in conserving with a anecdote by Events of India.
“We provide out not must turn out to be occupied with their inner politics,” he said.
For context, West Bengal shares a 2,216-km border with Bangladesh.
On Alleged ‘Push Back’, Killings
On the alleged “push-back” incidents — forcibly evicting folks — Humaiun acknowledged Dhaka would not quit mum if the matter progresses. “Bangladesh has its include plans and responses. I hope issues will not proceed in that route,” he said.
Earlier, Bangladesh Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed expressed hope that people would not be “pushed” into the nation after the BJP’s upward push to energy in Bengal.
“I hope no such incident (push backs) will occur,” Ahmed told reporters on Wednesday, adding the Border Guard Bangladesh had been asked to stay alert along the shared frontier.
India’s Response
Responding to the comments, India asserted that the remarks from Bangladesh over fears of “push-back” needs to be perceived within the context of undocumented Bangladeshi nationals.
Calling for cooperation from Dhaka, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal urged a weekly press briefing: “We have faith considered feedback of this nature being made within the final plenty of days. These feedback needs to be considered within the context of the core field of the repatriation of illegal Bangladeshis from India. This obviously requires cooperation from Bangladesh”.
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