JAKARTA - The Indian government confirmed former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was in India after he asked for approval to visit the country "while".
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar told parliament India had received a request for a flight permit from Bangladeshi authorities, before Hasina arrived in Delhi on Monday night (5/8).
Earlier on the same day, Jaishankar chaired a meeting of all parties in parliament over the situation in Bangladesh and said India wanted to give the 76-year-old time to decide what to do next.
Hasina left Bangladesh on Monday after weeks of facing strong protests over the government's quota of work.
Bangladeshi Military Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman, in a speech to the people, said that the prime minister had resigned and the transitional government would be formed.
Jaishankar said the government continues to be in close contact with the Indian community in Bangladesh through diplomatic missions.
"It is estimated that there are 19,000 Indian citizens there, around 9,000 of whom are students," he said as quoted by ANTARA from Anadolu, Tuesday, August 6.
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Jaishankar expressed India's hope that the Bangladeshi government would provide the necessary security protection for its diplomatic mission in Dhaka.
While the President of Bangladesh dissolved parliament, the student who led the protest movement proposed Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus to lead the interim government.
Hasina, who has been in power for 15 years, has not issued any statement about the events that have occurred since Monday.
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