New Delhi, May 29 -- The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday refuted Bangladesh's chief adviser Mohammad Yunus's claims that "Indian media delegitimises transitional leadership."

Speaking in a weekly briefing on Thursday, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal dismissed Bangladesh's accusations of Indian interference as an attempt to deflect attention from internal issues.

"As far as the government there is concerned, the responsibility for law and order and governance issues lies entirely with that government," Jaiswal said.

"When statements of this sort come, it seems like you want to deflect in another direction from your own challenges related to governance there -- and to blame others by saying that these extraneous issues caused b...