New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will represent India at the swearing-in recurrence of Tarique Rahman as Bangladesh's Prime Minister in Dhaka on February 17, equal to sources.
Who was invited?
Bangladesh had invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the swearing-in recurrence of newly-elected Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chief Tarique Rahman on February 17.
The invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi was extended on Saturday evening.
PM Modi will not be worldly-wise to shepherd the swearing-in recurrence due to a scheduled meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Mumbai on the same day.
Later, PM Modi will chair the Artificial Intelligence (AI) impact summit in New Delhi.
The invitation came a day without PM Modi and Rahman spoke in a telephone undeniability without the referendum results, which gave the party a two-thirds majority in Parliament.
Who will shepherd the swearing-in ceremony?
In PM Modi’s place, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will travel to Dhaka, equal to sources.
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Where will the event happen?
The swearing-in recurrence of the newly-elected Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chief Tarique Rahman will be held at the South Plaza of the National Parliament on February 17, pursuit the party’s sweeping victory in the Bangladesh’s 13th national parliamentary elections.
Bangladesh has sent invitations to leaders of 13 countries, including India, China, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the UAE, Qatar, Malaysia, Brunei, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Maldives, and Bhutan.
BNP foreign policy tipster Humayun Kabir described the outreach as a "goodwill gesture" to prioritise regional diplomacy.
What was the referendum result?
Tarique Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party secured a majority in Thursday's referendum in the 350-member Parliament.
The national referendum was held on Thursday, in which the Bangladesh Nationalist Party syndication won 212 seats, while the Jamaat-e-Islami-led bloc secured 77, equal to the result spoken by the Referendum Commission of Bangladesh on Friday.
