The AAP complained on Tuesday that it was not invited to the all-party meeting called by the BJP-led NDA government over the turmoil in neighbouring Bangladesh despite it being a national party with 13 MPs.The neighbouring country has plunged into uncertainty after extraordinary street protests over job quota forcing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to quit and flee on Monday. She has arrived in India on her way to London, diplomatic sources said.
“The issue of national security does not depend on who the prime minister is happy or angry with. Not inviting the Aam Aadmi Party, a national party with 13 MPs, to this important all-party meeting shows the petty mentality and lack of seriousness of the government,” AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said in a post in Hindi on X.
Later, talking to PTI Videos, Singh said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar informed the Upper House about the situation in the neighbouring country.
“We have to support the government in such circumstances. This is an issue related to national security. We did not raise any queries and the entire opposition listened to his statement. But the sad thing is will politics overshadow the issue of national security?