New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- Foreign Affairs expert Robinder Sachdev on Monday expressed serious concern over the current public sentiment and statements emerging from leaders in Bangladesh against India, describing them as "threats" targeting Northeast India and warning that these elements in the neighbouring country are actively seeking ways to "hurt" the nation.

Sachdev, reacting to recent remarks by former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said that the statements by present-day leaders in the neighbourhood amount to indirect threats against India's "seven sister states" and should be viewed as a worrying development.

"I would call them threats coming out from Bangladesh by the current leaders regarding the seven sister states of In...