Delhi lodges protest with Dhaka over Mahfuj Alam’s comments

India has lodged a strong protest with Bangladesh over certain controversial comments by key aide of Bangladesh's interim government Mahfuj Alam, the Press Trust of India, or PTI, reports.

In a now-deleted Facebook post, Alam said on December 4 that India should recognise the uprising that forced the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign, according to the report.

"We have registered our strong protest on this issue with the Bangladesh side. We understand that the post being referred to has reportedly been taken down," India’s external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal was quoted as saying at a media briefing on Friday.

"We would like to remind all concerned to be mindful of their public comments," the PTI quoted him as saying.

"While India has repeatedly signalled interest in fostering relations with the people and the interim government of Bangladesh, such comments underline the need for responsibility in public articulation," Jaiswal was also quoted to have said.