Delhi ‘yet to confirm’ Dhaka request for Muhammad Yunus-PM Modi meet next month

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is learnt to have told a consultative panel of MPs that Bangladesh’s request for a meeting between Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC summit next month has not yet been confirmed. At the two-hour meeting Saturday, several Parliamentarians raised concerns over attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh and sought details about the steps taken by India, sources said. Jaishankar is learnt to have informed the MPs about Dhaka’s claim that the attacks were “politically motivated” and not targeted at minorities. Story continues below this ad This was...