New Delhi, May 18 -- India's decision to impose port restrictions on certain goods imported from Bangladesh is a reciprocal response to deliberate actions by Dhaka's interim regime to harm bilateral trade, said the former High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh, Veena Sikri.

"Under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, for the last 15 years, India has granted full access to Bangladesh's commodities in India. Completely free market access except for items like tobacco and alcohol, despite the fact that we don't have a bilateral FTA or anything. But we have seen that in the last eight months, since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to leave Dhaka and the regime, which is not even a legitimate regime, it's just an interim regime led by Chief...