Om Birla will attend Tariq Rehman’s swearing-in, will represent India: Sources

Updated: 15-02-2026, 10.57 AM

New Delhi: General elections were held in Bangladesh recently, the results of which have also come out. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has got majority in this election. In such a situation, a new government is going to be formed in Bangladesh under the leadership of BNP. According to the party, top BNP leader Tariq Rahman will take oath as the new Prime Minister on February 17. According to sources, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will attend his swearing-in ceremony from the Indian side. He will represent India at the swearing-in ceremony of Tariq Rehman. Along with him, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will also be present at the swearing-in ceremony.

Relations with India will improve

Relations between Bangladesh and India deteriorated after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government was ousted from power following an insurgency in the neighboring country in July 2024. Sheikh Hasina had fled to India and Dhaka had repeatedly requested New Delhi to hand her over. Recent killings of minorities, especially Hindus, further strained India-Bangladesh relations. Tariq Rehman’s chief advisor Humayun Kabir said that our government will try to improve relations with India. However, he stressed that the responsibility for this lies with New Delhi.

BNP achieved majority

Let us tell you that voting took place on Thursday for the 13th parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, in which BNP won more than 200 out of 300 seats. The party has returned to power after more than two decades, which was largely dominated by Hasina’s Awami League. According to the Bangladesh Election Commission, BNP won 209 seats, while Jamaat-e-Islami won 68 seats. The Awami League, which was barred from contesting the elections by the interim government led by chief adviser Mohammad Yunus, recorded 59.44 percent voting.

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