NEW DELHI,18 Feb 2026 : Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla met Tarique Rahman on Tuesday and handed over a warm letter by Prime Minister Narendra Modi inviting Bangladesh’s newly sworn-in prime minister to India. Additionally, Birla also spoke to Rahman over the phone and conveyed PM Modi’s congratulations.
The letter from PM Modi read, “I extend my warmest congratulations to you on the victory of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party at the just-concluded parliamentary elections in Bangladesh and on your appointment as the next Prime Minister of Bangladesh.”
PM Modi’s letter also extended an invitation to Rahman, his wife Dr Zubaida and his daughter Zaima to visit India at a “mutually convenient time”.
“A warm welcome awaits you in India,” he added in the congratulatory letter.
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