A few days after Home Minister Amit Shah raised the issue of "rampant infiltration" from Bangladesh during the election campaign in Jharkhand, Bangladesh’s foreign ministry lodged a formal protest with the Indian High Commission in Dhaka on Monday (23 September).

Bangladesh says such remarks undermine the spirit of mutual respect and understanding between two friendly countries.

Bangladesh expresses 'deep hurt' over Shah's remarks. The protest note stated that the ministry conveyed its "serious reservation, deep sense of hurt and extreme displeasure" over

Speaking at a rally in Jharkhand, the home minister had vowed that the BJP would free the state of ‘Rohingya and Bangladeshi infiltrators’.

The protest note from Dhaka came after the Union Home Minister had referred to the issue of influx into India from the neighbourhood

Bangladesh has lodged a protest note against Shah and urged the Indian government to advise its political leaders to refrain from making 'objectionable and unacceptable' remarks about Bangladeshis.

Bangladesh has formally protested against remarks made by India's Union Home Minister Amit Shah about Bangladeshi nationals during his recent visit to

Bangladesh's government filed a protest note against Amit Shah's comments at a Jharkhand rally and urged India to caution political leaders against such remarks.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh has expressed deep displeasure over remarks allegedly made by Indian Union Home Minister

Bangladesh lodged a strong protest against Indian Home Minister Amit Shah's "highly deplorable" remarks made during a rally in Jharkhand. The Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a protest note to the Indian Deputy High Commissioner in Dhaka,