In 1st remarks after election win, Tarique Rahman clears air on India ties
India Today
Tarique Rahman, likely to be the next prime minister of Bangladesh, spoke on the future of India ties in his first address after steering the BNP to a landslide election win.
Tarique Rahman, who steered his BNP to a landslide election win on a 'Bangladesh First' agenda, made his stance clear on future ties with India on Saturday. In his first address after the BNP's decisive win, Rahman said the "interests" of Bangladesh would be the basis of his foreign policy with India.
"The interests of Bangladesh and its people will determine our foreign policy," Rahman, who is likely to be sworn in as the next prime minister of Bangladesh, said. This is in line with his earlier assertion that a BNP government would maintain balanced ties with regional powers like India, China and Pakistan and not treat any country as its "master".
VIDEO | “The interests of Bangladesh and its people will determine our foreign policy,” says BNP Chairperson Tarique Rahman in response to a question on ties with India.(Full video available on https://t.co/n147TvrpG7) pic.twitter.com/olakg8htte— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) February 14, 2026
The remarks come a day after Rahman scripted a turnaround for his BNP in the high-stakes Bangladesh elections after returning from a 17-year exile just weeks ago. In the elections, the first after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina in a bloody student uprising, saw the BNP bag 212 of the 297 seats, leaving the radical Jamaat-e-Islami party a distant second.
Rahman's remarks were echoed by his adviser, Humayun Kabir, in an exclusive interview with India Today. "What we want are balanced relations. We will not limit our relationships to a single country," he said.
For India, the BNP has been viewed as a more liberal and democratic option than the Jamaat despite historically fraught ties. With the "golden period" of India-Bangladesh ties under Hasina now over, New Delhi has already started its outreach to the BNP.
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