Rashtrapati Bhavan's email hints at Tariq Rehman's visit to India

An email sent by Rashtrapati Bhavan to the media on Friday indicated for some time that the long-discussed visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Tariq Rahman to India is going to happen soon.

The headline of this email sent in the afternoon was, "Change of Guard ceremony will not take place this Saturday."

"The Change of Guard ceremony to be held at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan this Saturday will not be held due to the full rehearsal to formally welcome the Prime Minister of Bangladesh," the email said.

This email was issued in the name of President's Deputy Press Secretary Navika Gupta.

From this email it seemed that Tariq Rehman's visit to India was going to happen soon. However, soon after this, another press release was issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan, in which the earlier issued note was withdrawn and it was said, "The press release issued on the subject 'Change of Guard ceremony will not take place this Saturday on August 21, 2026' is withdrawn."

With both these announcements, the discussion about Tariq Rehman's plan to visit New Delhi became more intense, because both the parties were talking about this visit.

It seems from the official statements of Bangladesh that it is not very agreeable about Tariq Rahman's visit to India and is talking about a favorable environment. Bangladesh has demanded the extradition of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from India.

On Friday, India's External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal had said that the ministry had nothing to comment on 'Tariq Rehman's visit'.

Jaiswal was reacting to Indian media reports which said that Tariq Rehman would visit India from 23 to 25 August.

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Last Sunday, Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry had said that there was a need to 'create a conducive environment' for the visit.

Even though both the countries had not formally announced Tariq Rehman's visit to India, it seems that perhaps preparations for it were going on internally in the diplomatic circles.

According to news agency Reuters, on Friday, Tariq Rehman's press secretary A.A.M. Saleh said Bangladesh was waiting for India's response on the issue of extradition of Sheikh Hasina and "other absconding criminals".

It was believed that Tariq Rehman would visit India before the BRICS conference in New Delhi next month.

But things became more complicated with Sheikh Hasina's press conference on August 5 this month.