India stood by Bangladesh’s election process when the Opposition tried to cancel the polling, said one of the senior-most leaders of the Awami League government in Dhaka. Speaking to reporters in Dhaka, Minister of Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader, who is also the general secretary of the party, assured that the country’s relationship with India will stay on course and new projects in connectivity are under way.
“India has behaved like an honest neighbour which was necessary. There are a few parties in the Opposition in our country who had allied with a few foreign powers to disturb our election process. At that point, India stood by us. That is something we have to acknowledge,” said Mr. Quader, arguing that the government of Sheikh Hasina has worked to break the “wall of doubt and mistrust” that existed between India and Bangladesh for many years.
“For twenty-one years, this wall of mistrust disturbed [our] relationship. Our relation with India will remain on track in the future and there will be no crack in it as per my understanding,” he said.
