Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that he congratulated Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Tarique Rahman on the victory of his party in the country’s 13th national parliamentary election.
He added that he also reaffirmed India’s commitment to peace and progress in the region in a phone conversation with Rahman.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance won 212 seats of the 299 constituencies that went to polls in the election a day earlier. The alliance led by the Islamist party, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, emerged as the main Opposition with 77 seats.
This was the first national election since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government was ousted in 2024.
Ties between New Delhi and Dhaka have been strained since Hasina fled to India in August 2024 after several weeks of widespread student-led protests against her Awami League government. She had been in power for 16 years.
After her ouster, Nobel laureate economist Muhammad Yunus took over as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government. After Thursday’s elections, the interim government’s term will come to an end.
On Friday, Modi was the first national leader to congratulate Rahman on the win.
He said in a social media post that he had conveyed to Rahman his “best wishes and support in his endeavour to fulfil the aspirations of the people of Bangladesh”.
“As two close neighbours with...
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