Responding to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s feedback that the poor individuals of Bangladesh come to India as they don’t have sufficient to eat in their very own nation, Bangladesh international minister A Okay Abdul Momen on Wednesday stated that the minister’s data of Bangladesh is “limited”. He additionally stated such remarks are “unacceptable especially when relations between Bangladesh and India are so deep. Such remarks create misunderstanding.”
Momen’s remarks got here on Tuesday night time when he was requested about Shah’s feedback revealed within the Indian media. In feedback to Bangladesh’s main Bengali day by day, Prothom Alo, the Bangladeshi minister stated, “Prithibi-te onek gyani lok aachhen, dekheo dekhen na, jeneo janen na. Tobe teeni (Amit Shah) jodi seta bole thaken, aami bolbo, Bangladesh niye taar gyan seemito. aamader desh-e ekhon keu na kheye morey na. Ekhane kono monga-o neyi. (There are many wise people in this world, some who don’t want to see even after looking, they don’t want to understand even after knowing about it. But, if he (Amit Shah) has said that, I would say that his knowledge about Bangladesh is limited. Nobody dies of hunger in Bangladesh. There are no Monga (seasonal poverty and hunger in northern districts of Bangladesh).”
In many sectors, Bangladesh is way forward of Shah’s nation, Momen stated.
Shah had stated that the poor individuals of Bangladesh come to India as even now they don’t get sufficient to eat in their very own nation. Infiltration from Bangladesh will likely be stopped if BJP involves energy in West Bengal, he stated.
Stressing that Bangladesh is forward of India on many social indices, Momen stated whereas virtually 90 per cent of the individuals in Bangladesh use pretty good latrines, over 50 per cent individuals in India shouldn’t have correct bogs.
The minister stated there’s a scarcity of jobs for educated individuals in Bangladesh, however no such shortage for the much less educated. Besides, over 1 lakh individuals from India work in Bangladesh, he stated. “We do not need to go to India,” he stated.
