After CCS Meet, Government Calls All Party Meeting On Bangladesh Issue

Amid the ongoing political crisis in Bangladesh after Sheikh Hasina's ouster, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Central government has called an all-party meeting to discuss the issue today (6 August).

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will reportedly brief the meeting about the situation in Bangladesh.

On Monday (5 August) evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) at his official residence, at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg.  

In the meeting, PM Modi was briefed about the situation in Bangladesh. 

Earlier on Monday, Bangladesh Army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman said that Sheikh Hasina had resigned and the Army would form an interim government.

"The country has suffered a lot, the economy has been hit, many people have been killed -- it is time to stop the violence," said General Waker.

Sheikh Hasina, daughter of Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was reportedly given a 45-minute ultimatum to resign as Prime Minister.

Hasina, who started her fifth term as Prime Minister earlier this year, aged 76, resigned and departed from Dhaka in a military aircraft bound for India, accompanied by her younger sister, Sheikh Rehana.

Upon landing at the Hindon Air Force base in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, around 30 km from Delhi, Sheikh Hasina met with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.

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