India, Feb. 17 -- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday attended the swearing-in ceremony of new Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Dhaka as the Indian representative, and extended an invitation from PM Narendra Modi for Rahman to visit.

Birla also conveyed PM Modi's wishes to Tarique, who took over as the Prime Minister around two years after Sheikh Hasina's resignation following mass protests. Hasina is self-exiled in India.

Rahman and his cabinet were sworn in following the February 12 election win. The BNP led by Rahman won two-thirds majority, returning to power in the country. Rahman had returned to Dhaka ahead of the elections after 17 years in exile in London.

The Indian prime minister was one of the first to reach out...