# Bangladesh calls Sheikh Hasina’s virtual Delhi appearance an affront to sovereignty 2026-08-05T23:15:14+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Bangladesh criticised a virtual appearance by former prime minister Sheikh Hasina at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia in New Delhi, calling it an affront to sovereignty, Deccan Herald reported. Dhaka's reaction followed soon after Hasina spoke to journalists over a video link from the club. The report did not name the Bangladeshi official who issued the protest, describe what Hasina said during the appearance, or record any response from Indian officials. It established that the virtual engagement took place, that it drew a strongly worded objection from Dhaka, and that the objection followed the event closely rather than after a delay. No further detail of the diplomatic exchange, including any Indian reply, was given in the report. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Dhaka's own description of the event as an affront to sovereignty is a strong diplomatic phrase, but the report attaches it to an unnamed official and gives neither Hasina's remarks nor the protest's full text, so the specific trigger for the language is not established here. The account is one-sided by what it contains: Bangladesh's objection is on record, India's position is not. How, or whether, Indian officials respond to the protest is the development that would turn this into a two-sided diplomatic exchange rather than a single strongly worded statement. ## Coverage - www.deccanherald.com Tags: Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bangladesh-outraged-over-sheikh-hasinas-delhi-event-calls-it-an-affront-to-sovereignty/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bangladesh-outraged-over-sheikh-hasinas-delhi-event-calls-it-an-affront-to-sovereignty/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.