Dhaka's proposal to organize Yunus-Modi meeting in New York

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Interim government Chief Adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus will attend the United Nations General Assembly session in New York. Dhaka has offered a side-lined meeting between Dr. Muhammad Yunus and Narendra Modi. However, New Delhi has not yet taken a decision in this regard.

Indian media Hindustan Times reported this information on Saturday (September 7).

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People familiar with the matter on condition of anonymity told Hindustan Times, in an interview given to an Indian media at the beginning of this week. The comments made by Dr. Muhammad Yunus, it seems that there is no possibility of his meeting with Narendra Modi. As the reason, they said, in that interview. The comments made by Dr. Muhammad Yunus were not taken well by New Delhi.

According to the report, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go to New York to attend the UN General Assembly session later this month. The Chief Adviser of the Interim government of Bangladesh Dr. Muhammad Yunus will attend the same session.  Dhaka has proposed to New Delhi to organize a meeting between the two leaders on the sidelines of the session. The Indian side has not yet decided on the proposal and Modi's agenda for the bilateral meeting in New York is yet to be finalized.

In an interview given to India's state-owned news agency Press Trust of India (PTI) this week, Dr. Yunus criticized the comments of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India, about the ongoing situation in Bangladesh. Dr. Muhammad Yunus. In an interview said, Bangladesh may seek her extradition. At the same time, the country should come out of the "narrative" of India that all other political parties except Sheikh Hasina's Awami League are "Islamists".

Dr. Muhammad Yunus said to PTI that if India wants to keep Sheikh Hasina until Bangladesh asks her back, then she should remain silent there. She is speaking and giving instructions while sitting in India. No one likes it in the country. It is not good for us or India.

India has not yet given any official response to this comment by the Chief Advisor to the Interim Government of Bangladesh. But the Indian officials said such comments are not conducive to good relations.

Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina escaped to the country with India's permission at short notice in the face of the student uprising on August 5. She has been staying in the country since then. India's foreign ministry declined to comment on Bangladesh's possible extradition request.