Bangladesh PM fights back against Opposition BNP’s ‘India-Out’ campaign

DHAKA: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is fighting back against the Opposition BNP’s India-Out campaign and has advised the BNP leaders and their families to first ban India made products in their homes before launching the malicious campaign.

Hasina recently blasted the country’s opposition party - Bangladesh Nationalist Party for running a campaign against the Indian products. During a speech, Hasina, who enjoys good relations with New Delhi, said if the BNP leaders have truly boycotted Indian products, they will burn their wives’ Indian sarees.

“They must answer if they can eat without Indian spices. I want to know if they have truly boycotted Indian products,” Hasina said.

“The BNP leaders are advocating for boycotting Indian products. My question is – how many Indian sarees do the boycott campaigners’ wives possess? Why don’t they take the sarees from their wives and burn them?” she said.

Responding to her, BNP’s senior joint secretary general said the leaders of BNP usually do not buy Indian sarees. He said his maternal uncle gifted an Indian saree to his wife during their visit to India a long ago ago.

Earlier this year, a poster by one exiled blogger surfaced on X, saying “Boycott Indian products.” Since then, the campaign gained traction on social media.

The campaign was launched to oppose India’s alleged interference in Bangladesh’s internal politics.