Question : RELEASE OF BANGLADESHI LEADERS



(a)Whether the Bangladesh Foreign Minister visited India recently and demanded that leaders of Awami League who were arrested by Kolkata Police be handed to them;

(b) If so, whether Bangladesh Minister bypassed the Union Government and took up the matter directly with the State Government,

(c)Whether this attitude of Bangladesh Minister has irked the Government and,

(d) If so, the reaction of the Government thereto?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI DIGVIJAY SINGH)

(a) No.

(b) to (d) Do not arise.