President Donald Trump on Thursday denied any involvement of the US deep state in Bangladesh’s July-August mass uprising that toppled the Sheikh Hasina government.

He made the comment during a press conference at the White House alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

An Indian journalist raised the issue of Bangladesh in a question for Trump. He first asked Modi about India’s role in Ukraine peace efforts, and then asked Trump about the potential involvement of the US deep state in Bangladesh's regime change.

Trump said that though he has been reading about the issue, he will leave it to Modi, indicating that the Indian prime minister will respond to the question regarding Bangladesh.

The journalist asked Trump, “And Mr President, what you would like to say about the Bangladesh issue because we saw and it is evident that how the deep state of the US was involved to regime change during the Biden administration. Then Muhammad Yunus met Junior Soros also. So, what is your point of view about the Bangalis?”

Trump replied, “Well, there was no role for our deep state. This is something that the prime minister [Modi] has been working on for a long time and has worked on for hundreds of years, frankly. I have been reading about it. But I will leave Bangladesh to the prime minister.”

Although Modi answered questions about the Russia-Ukraine war, expressing his country’s stand on the side of peace, he did not address the Bangladesh issue.

On 12 August 2024, the Joe Biden administration rejected allegations that the US government influenced or interfered in the internal affairs of Bangladesh, which led Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee the country.

Addressing the media, the then White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, “We have had no involvement at all. Any reports or rumours that the United States government was involved in these events are simply false. That is not true."

Indian Express adds that later, while replying to questions during a briefing in Washington on Friday, the Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri said, "On what we make of the statement on Bangladesh… this was a subject that was discussed between the two leaders. And the prime minister (Modi) shared his views and, indeed, his concerns with regard to recent developments in Bangladesh and how India sees the situation."

"I think we hope that the situation in Bangladesh will also move forward in a direction where we can pursue relations in a constructive and stable way with them. But there are concerns about that situation. And the prime minister (Modi) shared those views with President Trump," Misri added.

This is the first visit of Indian Prime Minister Modi to the United States since the inauguration of the second presidential term of President Donald Trump.

Before meeting Trump, Modi also held meetings with Elon Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency; Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence; Vivek Ramaswamy; and National Security Advisor Michael Waltz.