India Can't Seek Friendship While Allowing Hasina to Make Anti-BD Statements: Home Minister
Home Minister Salahuddin says India can't seek friendship while allowing Hasina's anti-Bangladesh statements.
In a Nutshell:
- Home Minister Salahuddin says India can't seek friendship while allowing Hasina's statements against Bangladesh.
- Bangladesh will maintain India ties on mutual respect and national interest, he says.
- He blames Hasina for July Uprising killings, citing UN estimate of over 1,400 dead.
- Awami League's fate as a political party will be decided by court, he says.
- He proposes capping any prime minister's tenure at 10 years total.
- He proposes MPs directly electing the president and checks between parliament's two houses.
Why it matters
India has ignored Dhaka's extradition request for over eight months since Hasina's November 2025 death sentence, even as it sends diesel, a new envoy, and a BRICS summit invite. If India keeps sheltering Hasina while courting Dhaka economically, distrust will likely keep hardening, and unresolved issues like the Ganga Treaty renewal could turn into open leverage points rather than routine diplomacy.
What we think
India has had eight months and multiple formal requests to answer a straightforward question, and it has chosen silence over its own treaty obligation. That is not the posture of a neighbour seeking genuine friendship. Sending diesel and floating summit invites does not settle the matter while a woman convicted of crimes against humanity speaks freely from Delhi. Bangladesh is right to keep saying so plainly and should keep the demand front and centre until India actually responds.