CNN Central News & Network–ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, along with party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, called on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Delhi on Monday.
Hasina was in the national capital to attend the swearing-in of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led third NDA government.
“CPP Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi ji, former Congress President Shri Rahul Gandhi, and Congress General Secretary Smt. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra ji greeted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed ji and met other delegates in New Delhi today,” the Congress party tweeted.
“They discussed a wide range of topics to strengthen the India-Bangladesh bond based on trust, cooperation, and a commitment to mutual growth,” it said.
The photos showed Hasina greeting Sonia Gandhi with a hug.
The families of the two leaders have been sharing a cordial relationship ever since the Bangladesh Liberation war in 1971 in which former prime minister Indira Gandhi played a significant role. Indira Gandhi maintained a good rapport with Hasina’s father and Bangladesh’s founding leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.