Bangladesh has formally protested Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks about Bangladeshi nationals, expressing serious concern and calling on India to advise its political leaders to refrain from making such statements.

On Monday, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs submitted a protest note to India’s Deputy High Commissioner in Dhaka, conveying “serious reservations, deep hurt, and extreme displeasure” over Shah’s remarks, which they termed “highly deplorable.”

“The Ministry conveyed its serious reservation, deep sense of hurt and extreme displeasure and called upon the Government of India to advise the political leaders to refrain from making such objectionable and unacceptable remarks,” the protest note said.

“The ministry also emphasised that such remarks, coming from responsible positions against the nationals of a neighbouring country, undermine the spirit of mutual respect and understanding between two friendly countries,” it added.

The Bangladesh government urged New Delhi to caution its political leaders against making such “objectionable and unacceptable” statements, according to the Dhaka Tribune.

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During a visit to Jharkhand last week, Amit Shah threatened that the BJP would “hang every Bangladeshi infiltrator upside down to give them a lesson” if the party is elected to power in the state.