New Delhi, June 28 -- Bangladesh's perceived growing proximity with Pakistan and China and implications of India's strained ties with its eastern neighbour were discussed at a parliamentary committee meeting on Friday amid suggestions by some experts on engagement with the country, sources said.
"Former foreign secretary and ex-National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon, Lt General Syed Ata Hasnain, former High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das and well-known academician Amitabh Mattoo appeared as experts and "gave us very good insights and excellent ideas," Standing Committee on External Affairs Chairman Shashi Tharoor said.
In reply to a question about infiltration from Bangladesh, he said one figure that has come up...