Across India, tributes were paid to Bangladeshi freedom fighters and Indian armed forces
Prez Kovind with Bangladesh Prez Abdul Hamid and PM Sheikh Hasina
President Ram Nath Kovind brought with him a wide assortment of sweets, cakes and savouries prepared at the Rashtrapati Bhawan’s in-house bakery for his Bangladeshi counterpart Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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He is on a three-day state visit to participate in the celebrations marking 50 years of Bangladesh’s Liberation War, and the closing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary. Across India, tributes were paid to Bangladeshi freedom fighters and Indian armed forces.
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra alleged that ex-PM Indira Gandhi was being “left out” of the Vijay Diwas celebrations and said was time PM Modi started giving women their due. “...Indira Gandhi is being left out of the misogynist BJP government’s Vijay Diwas celebrations. This, on the 50th anniversary of the day that she led India to victory and liberatled Bangladesh...,” she tweeted.
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