New Delhi, May 29 -- India today dismissed Bangladesh Chief Advisor Mohd Yunus' comments on "Indian hegemony", terming it as an exercise in "deflection" from his country's challenges.
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, answering a question on the issue, said at a briefing:
"Your question was about some statements that have come out recently regarding Bangladesh. So, as far as the government there is concerned, it is their personal responsibility to handle any governmental or governance-related issues or problems there.
"When statements of this sort came 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 by others ...