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Bangladesh wants to talk to India and has sent a request for talks. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Saturday that the request of the meeting between Mohammad Yunus, the head of the interim government of Bangladesh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is being considered at the upcoming regional group BIMSTEC Summit.

Sources said that in the first meeting of the Parliamentary Advisory Committee of Foreign Affairs this year, many MPs expressed concern over the attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh and asked what steps India is taking in this regard.

‘Attack on Hindus inspired by politics’

Jaishankar told the members that the interim government of Dhaka has claimed that attacks on Hindus were motivated by politics and were not targeted by minorities.

Jaishankar informed the MPs about relations with Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. He said that he will later talk about Pakistan and China separately.

‘SAARC inactive due to Pakistan’

Jaishankar also said in the meeting that the SAARC is inactive due to Pakistan’s attitude and hence India is trying to strengthen Bimstec (Bay of Bengal for multi-regional technical and economic cooperation).

He indicated that Prime Minister Modi can attend the Bimstec summit to be held in Bangkok from 2 to 4 April. However, the visit was not confirmed in the meeting. The Foreign Minister also informed in the meeting that Prime Minister Modi will visit Sri Lanka next month.

Will PM Modi meet Mohammad Yunus?

Sources said that when asked whether the Prime Minister will meet Mohammad Yunus, the head of the interim government of Bangladesh and will hold bilateral meetings with him during the BIMSTEC summit? On this, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar did not express any commitment and said that this is being considered.

Many MPs including KC Venugopal, Manish Tiwari (both Congress), Priyanka Chaturvedi (Shiv Sena-UBT) and Mukul Wasnik (Congress) raised the issue of target killing of Hindus and asked what the government was doing to stop such attacks.

S Jaishankar said that the government is interacting with the interim government in Bangladesh at various levels and this issue has been raised. He said that the government will continue to raise the issue even further.

Bangladesh was the main subject of discussion and almost all MPs interacted on the issue. Some MPs, including MPs from the South, raised the issue of fishermen’s livelihood and their problems with Sri Lanka.

A section of members also raised the issue of drugs and weapons being smuggled in the country from both Pakistan and Myanmar. The Foreign Minister said that the government is aware of this matter and is raising this issue with the parties concerned.

In the first consultative committee meeting of 2025 for foreign affairs, India’s relations with Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar and Sri Lanka were used useful.

Foreign Minister shared the post

S Jaishankar shared a picture on X with MPs and said in the post, P Margerita, Manish Tiwari, Vaiko, Vikram Sahni, KC Venugopal, Kesaridev Singh Vankaner, Anil Ferozia, Abdussamad Samdani, GK Vasan, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Mukul Vasnik and Gurjit Singh Aujala thanks them for their active participation. Earlier, Foreign Secretary Vikram Mistry gave a detailed presentation on India’s relations with Bangladesh, Myanmar, Maldives and Sri Lanka.