Dhaka, May 12 -- Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has downplayed recent remarks by West Bengal's newly elected Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on building barbed-wire fencing along the Bangladesh border.

On Tuesday, he said the government will only engage in diplomatic discussions if the decision comes from India's central government.

Speaking at the Secretariat, Salahuddin addressed concerns over the West Bengal cabinet's decision to hand over land to the Border Security Force (BSF) for fencing.

"We maintain relations with other countries based on sovereignty," the minister said.

"The results of an election in a state of another country are their internal matter. If they wish to erect a fence within Indian territory while maintaining t...