Will take back any Bangladeshi citizen if India can prove it: Sheikh Hasina's advisor Gowher Rizvi

Bangladesh is ready to take back its citizen staying in India illegally but New Delhi will have to furnish proof on the matter first asserted Gowher Rizvi, the international affairs advisor to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday Rizvi said that Bangladesh is a secular and a plural society, adding that it doesn't differentiate on its citizens on the basis of religion.

"It has been our stated policy. We will take back any Bangladeshi citizen staying in India illegally. But India has to prove that. Bangladesh is a secular, plural society and does not differentiate on its citizens on the basis of religion," stated Rizvi.