India, May 29 -- India's ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Thursday accused the interim government in Bangladesh of trying to deflect attention away from domestic governance challenges by blaming New Delhi.

"As far as the government there is concerned, it is their responsibility to deal with governance issues. When statements like this are made, it feels like you are trying to deflect internal governance challenges in another direction. Saying that these challenges are being caused by others will not secure a solution to the problem," the ministry's spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at a weekly media briefing.

Jaiswal was responding to a question about a recent statement, allegedly made by Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, ...