Its Foreign Ministry said that Bangladesh has asked India to stop former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from making a “false and fabricated” comments while living in the country.
Hussein fled to India after violent protests last year, killing more than a thousand people.
In an online address on Wednesday, he called on his supporters to stand against the interim government in Bangladesh, and accused him of taking power unconstitutional.
Thousands of protesters gathered in Dhaka before Hussein’s address and, in an attempt to disrupt it, demolished the house of his father and Bangladesh founder leader Mujibar Rehman. The violence continued after Hussein spoke.
He said in a statement on his Facebook page that the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry handed over a protest note to the Indian Acting High Commissioner in Dhaka, delivering “deep concern, frustration and serious reservation” to its comments.
He said, “The ministry … requested India to take immediate steps, with the spirit of mutual respect and understanding, so that they can stop making such false, fabricated and fire statements … when they Are in India. “
Hasina could not be contacted for the comments.
Although India did not comment on communications received from Bangladesh, Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal condemned the destruction of Rehman’s house as a “vandalism”.
He said, “It is regrettable … all those who value the struggle for freedom struggle and nurture the pride of Bengali are aware of the importance of this residence for the national consciousness of Bangladesh.”
It was in the same house that Rehman declared Bangladesh’s independence from Pakistan in 1971, and most of his family were killed inside his walls in 1975.
Hasina turned the building into a museum dedicated to her father’s legacy.
The press office of Mohammad Younus, the chief adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government, said Thursday that the attack on Rehman’s residence was a response to Hussein’s “violent behavior”.
“The government hopes that India will not allow its territory to be used for unstable purposes in Bangladesh and will not allow Sheikh Hasina to speak,” he said.
Bangladesh has been suffering from political dispute since his escape in August, its interim government has been struggling to maintain law and order during protests and unrest.
India and Bangladesh have long cultural and business relations between the Bay of Bengal, which share 4,000 km border and maritime boundaries.
