War of words continued between Bangladesh and India on Sunday with the interim government in Dhaka rejecting India’s concerns about violence against minority religious communities in Bangladesh. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka said that there are “systematic attempts” in India to portray the condition in Bangladesh in a negative light which is inciting Indians against Bangladesh. “With much regret, we note that there are systematic attempts to portray the isolated incidents of criminal acts as systematic persecution of the Hindus and maliciously used to propagate anti-Bangladesh sentiments in different parts of India,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh. Mr. Jaiswal had condemned the lynchings in Mymensingh and Rajbari that killed two Hindu citizens of Bangladesh- Dipu Chandra Das and Amrit Mandal. Bangladeshi sources had said on Thursday that Mr. Mandal was involved in extortion and terror activities.

Source: The Hindu December 28, 2025 16:02 UTC