India, March 28 -- India closely tracks the persecution of Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh and Pakistan, which is a neighbour with a "fanatical, bigoted mindset", external affairs minister S Jaishankar said in Lok Sabha on Friday.

Much of the foreign minister's criticism was directed at Pakistan, where he said 10 cases of atrocities against the Hindu minority were reported in February alone. In Bangladesh, he said, there 72 instances of attacks on minorities in 2025. Jaishankar made the remarks while responding to supplementary questions from lawmakers during Question Hour.

India tracks the treatment of minorities in Pakistan "very closely" and has taken up this issue at international forums such as UN agencies but New Delhi c...