Amid the ongoing crisis in Bangladesh after the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on August 5 assured that the Bangladesh-West Bengal borders are secure and there’s no need for panic.
The governor said that the nation will take effective measures to stop unauthorized entry to India from Bangladesh. “Our Borders are secure. There is no need for panic. Beware of rumour mongers,” Bose said.
The governor also expressed the entire Bengal to stand united behind the Government of India which is taking strong and effective steps to protect the borders. The Raj Bhavan has put in place a high-power watchdog committee that can be contacted for any clarification against disinformation 24×7.
“Strict action will be taken against those who spread rumours and misleading information. The Nation will take effective measures to pluck unauthorized entry into the soil of India,” he added.
Earlier in the day, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) met on August 5, at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence at Lok Kalyan Marg. In the meeting, PM Modi was briefed about the situation in Bangladesh.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman were present in the meeting. Senior officials were also present.
Sheikh Hasina, who arrived in India on Monday evening after tendering her resignation in the wake of mounting protests, held discussions with National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval at the Hindon Air Base in Ghaziabad on the present situation in Bangladesh and her future course of action, sources said.
The sources said that the Indian Air Force has put its personnel on alert in every eastern sector in view of the present developments.
They said Doval and senior military officials met Sheikh Hasina at the Hindon Airbase. Indian Air Force and other security agencies are providing security to her and she is being moved to a safe location, the sources said.
The protests, majorly by students demanding an end to a quota system for government jobs, took the shape of anti-government protests in Bangladesh.
At least 95 people, including at least 14 police officers, died and hundreds of people were injured in clashes in Dhaka on August 4.
(With inputs from ANI)
