Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and foreign secretary Vikram Misri (File photo)
NEW DELHI: India will be represented by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at the swearing-in ceremony of Bangladesh PM-elect and BNP chief Tarique Rahman on Tuesday, as the BNP returned to power in Dhaka with a landslide mandate.Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be accompanied by foreign secretary Vikram Misri at the event, ANI sources confirmed on Sunday.The ceremony will be held at the South Plaza of the National Parliament following the party’s sweeping victory in the 2026 general election.Bangladesh has sent invitations for the ceremony to leaders of 13 countries, including India. This comes amid fluctuating relations between New Delhi and Dhaka after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was toppled during major unrest in Bangladesh in August 2024. She subsequently took refuge in India and remains in exile due to safety concerns.Meanwhile, Hasina’s arch-rival party, the BNP, has now secured power in Dhaka, and the diplomatic trajectory between India and Bangladesh will be closely watched in the coming days.
