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S Jaishankar will attend the funeral of Bangladesh’s first lady Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, conveying India’s condolences and respect.
Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia died on Tuesday. (AP Picture)
Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will attend the funeral of Bangladesh’s first lady Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, conveying India’s condolences and respect.
Bangladesh’s first lady Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Celebration (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia died on the age of 80 whereas beneath remedy at Dhaka’s Apollo Hospital this morning, the occasion stated.
“BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia is not any extra,” an official assertion issued by the BNP chairperson’s press wing learn.
Khaleda Zia, the widow of former President Ziaur Rahman, remained one of the outstanding and polarising figures in Bangladeshi politics.
As BNP chairperson and a former Prime Minister, she performed a central function in shaping the nation’s political discourse over a number of many years.
She grew to become Bangladesh’s first feminine Prime Minister in 1991 and went on to develop a bitter rivalry with Sheikh Hasina as they spent many years buying and selling energy.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday prolonged condolences on her demise and stated in a put up on X: “Deeply saddened to be taught in regards to the passing away of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in Dhaka. Our sincerest condolences to her household and all of the individuals of Bangladesh. Could the Almighty grant her household the fortitude to bear this tragic loss.”
“As the primary lady Prime Minister of Bangladesh, her essential contributions in the direction of the event of Bangladesh, in addition to India-Bangladesh relations, will all the time be remembered.”
“I recall my heat assembly together with her in Dhaka in 2015. We hope that her imaginative and prescient and legacy will proceed to information our partnership. Could her soul relaxation in peace,” he added.
Earlier in December, PM Modi additionally expressed “issues” over the well being of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and likewise assured Bangladesh that India is able to “prolong all doable help in no matter means we are able to”.
December 30, 2025, 17:59 IST
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