Sheikh Hasina has been pressured to resign and flee Bangladesh amid violent protests
New Delhi:
All Indian visa utility centres in Bangladesh will stay closed till additional discover after unrest within the neighbouring nation pressured Sheikh Hasina to resign as Prime Minister and flee the nation. The net portal to use for Indian visa now has a message, “All IVACs will stay closed until additional discover, as a consequence of unstable state of affairs. Subsequent utility date shall be knowledgeable by SMS & It’s requested to select up the passport on the subsequent working day.”
This comes a day after New Delhi evacuated non-essential employees and their households from its Excessive Fee and consulates in Bangladesh amid the risky state of affairs within the nation. Indian diplomats, nonetheless, stay within the nation and the missions are practical, sources within the authorities have stated.
India has a excessive fee in Bangladesh capital Dhaka and consulates in Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna and Sylhet.
Huge protests in opposition to the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League authorities in Bangladesh have pressured the 76-year-old chief to resign as Prime Minister and flee to India.
An interim authorities backed by the Military is within the technique of being fashioned. Nobel peace prize winner and Grameen Financial institution founder Muhammad Yunus will lead the caretaker authorities.
Addressing the Parliament on the neighbourhood state of affairs, Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has stated that there are practically 19,000 Indian nationals in Bangladesh of which 9,000 are college students. Lots of the college students, he stated, returned to India after the protests broke out. He has stated the federal government is in shut contact with the Indian neighborhood there. He has additionally stated the federal government is monitoring the state of affairs relating to minorities residing in Bangladesh.
