What does India want from Bangladesh post Hasina ouster On 18 September 2024
What happens is their internal matter. Bangladesh is our neighbour and the relationship, on our part, is something we want to keep stable. We have good trade. our people-to-people ties are good... I want to keep the relationship that way," Jaishankar remarked on the Bangladesh crisis.
Bangladesh experienced significant unrest and violence last month due to a student-led movement against a quota system in government jobs, which resulted in Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation. Hasina fled Dhaka on a military aircraft and landed at an Air Force base near Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.
Initially, she was expected to travel to London to seek political asylum, but sources within the British Home Office informed Indian media that their regulations do not permit individuals to enter the country to apply for asylum or temporary refuge.