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Bangladesh wants to reset ties with India connected a caller footing present that ousted premier Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League enactment nary longer clasp power, Humayun Kabir, advisor to BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman, has said, asserting that the 2 nations should enactment unneurotic for "mutual benefit".
Mr. Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) connected Friday (February 13, 2026) secured a sweeping triumph with much than two-thirds bulk successful the landmark parliamentary elections held connected Thursday (February 12, 2026).
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In an interrogation to PTI connected Saturday (February 14, 2026), Mr. Kabir stressed that the onus lies connected India to recognise the changed governmental world successful Bangladesh aft the BNP's resounding electoral mandate.
"The alteration has to travel from the mindset successful India. Sheikh Hasina and Awami League don't beryllium successful today's Bangladesh anymore. The radical person fixed a wide verdict successful favour of BNP," Mr. Kabir said.
Mr. Kabir described Hasina, who fled to India aft 2024's August uprising, arsenic a "terrorist" liable for the deaths of implicit 1,500 people.
Mr. Kabir urged the Indian authorities to guarantee that its territory is not utilized by Hasina oregon different Awami League figures successful ways that could impact stableness successful Bangladesh.
"India indispensable not beryllium seen arsenic complicit successful immoderate activities that undermine Bangladesh's sovereignty. Once that is addressed, mean diplomatic practice tin resume. We are neighbours and should enactment unneurotic for communal benefit," helium added.
India connected November 26, 2025, said it is examining a petition by Bangladesh's interim authorities to extradite Hasina and asserted that it is committed to guarantee the champion interests of the radical of that country.
“We stay committed to the champion interests of the radical of Bangladesh, including peace, democracy, inclusion and stableness successful that state and volition proceed to prosecute constructively successful this respect with each stakeholders,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
Mr. Kabir highlighted the caller cordial telephone telephone betwixt Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr. Rahman, wherever Modi extended an invitation for Mr. Rahman to sojourn India astatine a convenient time.
On the timing of specified a visit, Mr. Kabir said home priorities travel first.
"Tarique Rahman volition absorption connected settling the state connected a way of prosperity and economical security. Once things stabilise here, helium volition instrumentality up planetary engagements, including the sojourn to India." On Bangladesh's attack to the increasing contention among India, China and the U.S. successful South Asia, Mr. Kabir said the caller authorities volition prosecute balanced relations.
"We volition negociate from a presumption of spot with a beardown mandate from the people. National involvement and the well-being of our territory volition stay astatine the centre of our overseas policy," helium said.
"What we privation is balanced relations. We're not going to person relations with 1 state specific, and we're not going to person immoderate disclosures connected immoderate agreements," helium added.
On number safety, peculiarly Hindus, Mr. Kabir dismissed concerns of communal unit successful Bangladesh.
"Even during the 5 days without a authorities aft the August uprising, an unprecedented situation, nary 1 attacked minorities. That shows communal harmony here. The occupation doesn't beryllium successful the mode it's sometimes projected." India has been expressing concerns implicit attacks connected minorities, particularly Hindus, successful Bangladesh.
The assemblage has faced a bid of attacks, immoderate fatal, aft the sidesplitting of extremist younker person Sharif Osman Hadi successful December.
Mr. Kabir besides called for stronger determination practice connected counter-terrorism, including successful quality sharing.
"Isolation hinders progress. Elected governments indispensable speech accusation and enactment unneurotic to way extremists, terrorists and physique confidence." Mr. Kabir reiterated that a BNP-led authorities would prioritise peace, prosperity and integrated economical and information practice successful the portion and beyond, positioning Bangladesh arsenic a strategical conduit for broader ties.
Bangladesh has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and respective different determination leaders to attend the swearing-in ceremonial of the country's adjacent Prime Minister, Tarique Rahman, connected February 17, according to a BNP connection connected Saturday (February 14, 2026).
