# Hasina calls Tarique Rahman’s BRICS skip immature, harmful 2026-10-14T05:27:46+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 4 independent outlets Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina has called Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's decision to skip the BRICS summit in New Delhi on 12 and 13 September 'immature' and damaging to national interest. In an interview with PTI, she said the no-show cost Bangladesh opportunities in trade, investment and development that the grouping offers. Hasina questioned whether her own presence in Delhi was the reason for Rahman's refusal, calling it 'very unfortunate' if personal considerations drove the decision. She recalled that Ziaur Rahman visited Delhi in 1979 despite her living in India at the time. New Delhi had invited Rahman in his capacity as BIMSTEC chair. Dhaka reiterated its demand for Hasina's extradition after she held a virtual media interaction from Delhi on 5 August. India distanced itself from that event. Hasina urged Bangladesh to adopt a 'mature, balanced and confident foreign policy' guided by the principle of 'friendship to all, malice to none'. ## Indian Opinion Analysis All four outlets carried an identical PTI interview transcript with no added commentary, framing the story as a straight news report of Sheikh Hasina's criticism of Tarique Rahman. Business Standard, Deccan Chronicle, Orissa Post and Economic Times each led with Hasina calling Rahman's decision 'immature' and damaging to national interest, and all reproduced her questioning of whether her presence in Delhi was the reason for the skip. The uniform coverage means no outlet introduced its own slant: every source reported Hasina's attack and her call for a 'friendship to all, malice to none' foreign policy without independent verification or counter-statement from Dhaka. The practical implication is that Rahman's government has not yet responded to Hasina's remarks in a public forum accessible to these outlets, leaving the diplomatic rift defined solely by the former premier's words. ## Coverage Coverage: 4 sources, 4 neutral - business-standard.com (neutral report) Straight PTI wire copy with no added slant - deccanchronicle.com (neutral report) Identical wire copy, no editorial framing - orissapost.com (neutral report) Exact same wire text, neutral presentation - economictimes.indiatimes.com (neutral report) Headline quotes Hasina, but content is wire copy This brief was synthesised by AI from the 4 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: BIMSTEC, BRICS, PTI, Sheikh Hasina, Tarique Rahman Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/hasina-calls-tarique-rahmans-brics-skip-immature-harmful/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/hasina-calls-tarique-rahmans-brics-skip-immature-harmful/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/