India parliament speaker meets PM Tarique after swearing-in

Indian Parliament Speaker Om Birla met newly elected Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Dhaka on Tuesday, following Tarique’s swearing-in ceremony.

Om Birla, speaker of the lower house in India, conveyed his good wishes to Tarique, and invited him to visit India, said Riaz Hamidullah, the Bangladeshi high commissioner in New Delhi, in a social media post.

Writing on “X,” Riaz said that Tarique conveyed his greetings to India and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

During the courtesy meeting, both Tarique and Om Birla expressed optimism to work together for wellbeing of the people of Bangladesh and India and for pursuing people-centric cooperation, the Bangladeshi high commissioner noted in the post on X.

Earlier in the day, Om Birla attended the swearing-in ceremony of the Tarique Rahman-led government at the South Plaza of National Parliament in Dhaka.

After attending the ceremony, Om Birla tweeted: “India stands ready to support Bangladesh’s endeavours to build a democratic, progressive and inclusive nation.”