Bangladesh should “sit down” with Adani group: India

India's foreign ministry said Bangladesh should "sit down" with the Adani group and "sort out" the problems that they may have with the Adani group.

Official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said this in a weekly media briefing on Thursday (September 12).

He opined that it is a “buyer-seller” agreement between two parties — an Indian private firm and the Bangladesh government — and they will “have to sit and sort out issues”.

The Indian Express reported Thursday that the interim government in Dhaka is set to scrutinise Indian businesses including the Adani Group, which exports power from its Jharkhand unit, under a 2017 agreement. More specifically, the interim government is keen to know the terms of the agreement and if the price being paid for power is justified.

Responding to questions on this report, the Ministry of External Affairs’ official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “It is a private project. It is bound by a buyer-seller agreement between two parties — one party, which happens to be an Indian party, and the other party happens to the Bangladeshi party. It is for both these parties to decide, what do they want out of this arrangement, this agreement. It’s a buyer-seller, it’s a private engagement, so they’ll have to sit and sort out issues if they have this particular engagement.”