
Exclusive: Anti-Modi protests in Bangladesh backed by Pakistan, say officials
India Today
The anti-Modi protests that have been going on in Bangladesh ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Dhaka visit, has a very strong element of cross-border support, from Pakistan, according to sources privy to how the stir was planned and funded.
The protests that have been going on in Bangladesh since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Dhaka visit have a very strong element of support from Pakistan, according to sources. Highly placed sources have told India Today TV that the Bangladesh government is looking into the role played by the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka in supporting and funding the agitation and embarrassing the Sheikh Hasina government. Modi visited Bangladesh from March 26 to 27 to attend the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the country's independence and the birth centenary of 'Bangabandhu' Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
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