A few days after Home Minister Amit Shah raised the issue of "rampant infiltration" from Bangladesh during the election campaign in Jharkhand, Bangladesh’s foreign ministry lodged a formal protest with the Indian High Commission in Dhaka on Monday (23 September).

Bangladesh says such remarks undermine the spirit of mutual respect and understanding between two friendly countries.

The protest note from Dhaka came after the Union Home Minister had referred to the issue of influx into India from the neighbourhood

Bangladesh has formally protested against remarks made by India's Union Home Minister Amit Shah about Bangladeshi nationals during his recent visit to

Speaking at a rally in Jharkhand, the home minister had vowed that the BJP would free the state of ‘Rohingya and Bangladeshi infiltrators’.

Dhaka has conveyed its ‘serious reservation, deep sense of hurt and extreme displeasure’ to New Delhi in a protest note sent through Indian Deputy High Commissioner.

Bangladesh has issued a formal protest following recent remarks reportedly made by the Union Home Minister in Jharkhand

Bangladesh has lodged a protest note against Shah and urged the Indian government to advise its political leaders to refrain from making 'objectionable and unacceptable' remarks about Bangladeshis.

The Bangladesh government urged India to caution its political leaders against making such “objectionable and unacceptable” statements.

Bangladesh's government filed a protest note against Amit Shah's comments at a Jharkhand rally and urged India to caution political leaders against such remarks.