Patna, Dec. 20 -- Congress MP and Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, Shashi Tharoor, on Saturday strongly condemned the violence in Bangladesh triggered by the death of Inqilab Moncho convenor Sharif Osman Hadi, leading mobs to vandalise the public property and lynch a Hindu man.

Tharoor, expressing concern over the situation, advocated for peace and democracy in the neighbouring country.

"Such mob rule should not prevail. The Parliamentary Standing Committee has also said that we want good relations with Bangladesh, and peace should be maintained there," he said.

"Elections are also going to be held there in February, and we want democracy to return there, but the way the situation is going there ...