India has set up floating posts to strengthen security at the border
Last Updated on January 6, 2025 6:03 am
Amid the ongoing situation in Bangladesh, New Delhi has strengthened security at the India-Bangladesh international border area. The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has strengthened this security at the border with Bangladesh.
This information was reported by the British newspaper The Telegraph on Saturday (January 4).
According to the report, India has strengthened security at the border after an advisor to the Bangladesh interim government threatened to merge the northeastern part of India with Bangladesh. However, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs had expressed a ‘strong protest’ over this comment in mid-December. On December 20, Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that a formal protest has been lodged with Dhaka on this issue.
Reminding the leaders of neighboring Bangladesh of the importance of responsible comments at the weekly press conference in Delhi, Randhir Jaiswal said that day, ‘New Delhi would like to advise all concerned to be responsible while making public comments.’
He said, ‘We have expressed our strong protest to the Bangladeshi authorities on this issue. We understand that the post has since been deleted. However, we would like to remind everyone that all parties concerned should be more careful while making public comments.’
The Telegraph reported that the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday set up new floating border posts on the rivers that cross India’s border with Bangladesh, including the Ganges, Brahmaputra and the Sundarbans.
A BSF source said, ‘Waterways are always risky. We are patrolling the border area 24 hours a day. Additional floating posts there will definitely help us. These are the need of the hour.’
Sheikh Hasina left Bangladesh for India on August 5 in the face of the movement against quotas in government jobs. She left Dhaka in a military plane, fearing violence from the angry crowd in the capital.
Later, an interim government led by Bangladesh’s Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus was formed. Since the interim government took office, India has been accusing Bangladesh of alleged oppression of minorities. This has strained relations between the two neighbours.
New Delhi has expressed concern over the alleged violence against Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh. Delhi has said that the primary responsibility of the interim government in Bangladesh is to protect the lives and freedoms of Hindus and other minorities.
Last month, Indian External Affairs Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh said that 2,200 attacks on Hindus and other minorities had been reported in Bangladesh till December 8, up from 302 the previous year. However, the press wing of Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus called the figures exaggerated, saying that only 138 attacks had been reported till November.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Asif Mahmood, the interim government’s local government, rural development and cooperatives and youth and sports adviser, said that the people of the country were angry at the shelter given to Sheikh Hasina.
He said, “Even now they (the Indian government) are giving state benefits to Hasina, who is accused of crimes against humanity. That is why Bangladeshis are angry with the Indian government’s position.’
When asked how friendly relations between the two subcontinental neighbours could be restored, legal advisor Asif Nazrul told The Telegraph, “We need to forget the dream of re-establishing India’s puppet rule, respect Bangladesh’s sovereignty and people’s verdict, rebuild friendly relations with Bangladesh through the July Revolution, and build friendly relations with Bangladesh on the basis of equal dignity and rights.”
Source: The Telegraph.