BSS, New Delhi :
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Tungipara to pay homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman during his planned Bangladesh tour in March, officials said here on Saturday.
The Indian premier was scheduled to make a two-day visit to Bangladesh in March this year to join the country’s 50th
Independence Day, 50th year of Dhaka-New Delhi diplomatic ties and Bangabandhu’s birth centenary celebrations.
“The tour may take him to Bangabandhu shrine at Tungipara for paying homage,” a Bangladesh high commission official told BSS on the sidelines of Bangladesh-India Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) in the Indian capital.
He said Modi’s planned Tungipara visit issue was discussed during the foreign secretary level FOC but added that details of Modi’s tour schedule was yet to be finalised.
An Indian official familiar with the FOC confirmed plans for Modi’s Tungipara visit but added that discussions on the matter was underway.
“If everything goes well, there is a strong possibility that he will visit Tungipara,” the Indian official said.
According to the officials on both sides the Indian premier will arrive Dhaka on March 26 and return home on the next day while it would be his first overseas tour since the global COVID-19 outbreak.
