Dhaka, May 2 -- The interim government has described the remarks made by ALM Fazlur Rahman, head of the national commission probing the 2009 BDR killings, as "entirely personal" after he suggested that Bangladesh should seize India's seven northeastern states if India attacks Pakistan.

In a statement issued on Friday, the foreign ministry responded amid uproar in India over the Facebook post by Fazlur, a former chief of Bangladesh's border force.

"Government of Bangladesh wishes to clarify that the recent remarks made by Major General ALM Fazlur Rahman (retd) on his personal social media account were expressed solely in a personal capacity," said a MoFA statement.

"The comments do not reflect the position or policies of the Government ...