The government on Friday said that retired major general ALM Fazlur Rahman鈥檚 recent social media remarks suggesting Bangladesh to occupy seven states in India鈥檚 northeast in case India would attack Pakistan were his personal views.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs made the remarks in a press release to clarify the Bangladesh government鈥檚 position about the remarks made by Fazlur, the president of the National Independent Investigation Commission formed to investigate the 2009 BDR carnage.
Fazlur in a post on his personal Facebook account on Thursday said, 鈥楤angladesh should grab seven states of India鈥檚 northeast, if India attacks Pakistan. Initiatives should be taken to begin talks with China regarding joint military action, [I] think.鈥�
鈥楾he comments do not reflect the position or policies of the Government of Bangladesh and as such the Government neither endorses nor shares such rhetoric in any form or manner,鈥� said the MoFA in the press release.
鈥楪overnment of Bangladesh wishes to clarify that the recent remarks made by Major General (retired) ALM Fazlur Rahman on his personal social media account were expressed solely in a personal capacity,鈥� the release read.
鈥楾he Government of Bangladesh urges all concerned to refrain from associating the Government of Bangladesh to the personal comments made by Major General (Retired) ALM Fazlur Rahman. Bangladesh remains firmly committed to the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity, mutual respect and peaceful coexistence of all nations,鈥� the MoFA release said.
Fazlur, in his Facebook post, said that he made the remarks as the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Indian government had a far-reaching plan to kill the Muslims by keeping them confined in concentration camps after snatching their citizenship by using the National Register of Citizens.
He, however, assumed that India would push Muslims to Bangladesh or Pakistan and that India had taken the plan from Israel. 鈥榊ou should observe how the Muslims are killed in India.鈥�
He alleged that the Narendra Modi-led government in India had killed tourists in Indian Kashmir鈥檚 Pahalgam, blaming Pakistan for the incident, and planning to attack Pakistan to destroy the country.
Fazlur said that the risk to Bangladesh鈥檚 independence and sovereignty would increase beyond imagination if India could destroy Pakistan.
鈥楾hat is why, it is essential to save Pakistan militarily for our existence. It doesn鈥檛 mean that we should be a friend of Pakistan,鈥� he wrote.
