New Delhi, May 6 -- Bangladesh Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said he hopes no citizens will be forcibly repatriated following the BJP's significant win in the recent assembly elections in the neighbouring Indian state.

"I hope no such incident (pushbacks) will happen," Ahmed told reporters when asked if he feared a rise in cases of people suspected to be illegal immigrants being pushed back from India.

Despite this, Ahmed said the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been instructed to remain on high "vigilance" along the international border. His remarks follow a statement by Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman, shared on the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's official Facebook page, asserting that Dhaka would intervene if any "pus...