BNP leader Tarique Rahman says cooling of Bangladesh-India relations reflects 'people's decision'

BNP’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has stressed that if his party comes to power in the upcoming national election, its foreign policy will be predicated on the principle of “Bangladesh first”. He also believes that the chill in relations between India and Bangladesh since the fall of the Awami League government last year should be seen as an expression of the people’s will. In an interview with BBC Bangla released on Tuesday, Tarique was asked how a future BNP administration would seek to improve ties with neighbouring India, given that deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been living in Delhi following her ouster in a student-led mass uprising last year, since when bilateral relations have been strained. In reply, the...