Dhaka, Dec. 24 -- Bangladeshi journalist Muktadir Rashid called for Dhaka to have "peaceful" relations with New Delhi and other neighbouring countries while criticising the Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, for anti-India sentiments.

Addressing the current violent turmoil in the country, Rashid called it a result of fringe elements wanting to be mainstream.

In an interview with ANI, "I don't want to make it like the way the Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed students wanted to demolish the Indian High Commission in Dhaka. We don't want this kind of relationship. We, even the majority, never expected this kind of thing. It is a fringe element. They wanted to be mainstream. That is a similar pattern we are seeing. We w...