SAVAR, Sept 17 (UNB): Outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami has said they want the Bangladeshi people to be "happy, prosperous and successful" in the development of their democracy.
"So, your democracy is for you (Bangladeshi people) to develop," he told reporters in Savar on Saturday.
The Indian diplomat said he is not here to say that they will support this person or that person, noting that this is not a place to talk about politics.
"The relationship (Bangladesh-India) is strong….we will always stand with Bangladesh and the people of Bangladesh," he said on his last day in Bangladesh.
Vikram Kumar Doraiswami
Doraiswami visited the National Martyrs' Memorial and paid tributes to the valour and the sacrifice of those who gave their lives in the Liberation War of 1971.
He observed one-minute silence in honour of the brave martyrs and signed the visitors' book there after placing the wreath.
"In everlasting memory of those who laid down their lives so that Bangladesh could live," reads the message written on the wreath on behalf of the High Commissioner and all personnel.
The diplomat said India's relationship with Bangladesh is now stronger with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's recent visit to India.
He said the people of Bangladesh are very good-hearted people. "As a result, I have performed my duties well in this country so far." Doraiswami, who has been appointed as High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom, is scheduled to leave Dhaka today (Sunday).
Earlier, at a farewell reception on Thursday evening, Doraiswami said the Bangladesh-India relationship train is the "finest train" and that train must keep moving to do more great things together.
Doraiswami said the people of Bangladesh and India are connected by souls and hearts; and it is more than blood relations. "We always have faith in that connection."
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