"Misleading Narrative": Foreign Ministry Blasts CNN Bangladesh Flood Report
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The Centre said that the report is "factually not correct" and its "narrative is misleading", adding that it "ignores the facts" issued by the Government of India.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has once again trashed reports that the flooding in some areas of Bangladesh were caused by the opening of a dam on the Gumti River in Tripura. The Centre said that the report is "factually not correct" and its "narrative is misleading", adding that it "ignores the facts" issued by the Government of India.
"We have seen CNN report on flood situation in Bangladesh. Its narrative is misleading and suggests that India is somehow responsible for the floods. This is factually not correct and ignores the facts mentioned in the press releases issued by the Government of India clarifying the situation," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said at a presser today. Mr Jaiswal was responding to media queries that flooding in southeast Bangladesh were caused by the opening of a dam on the Gumti River in Tripura.
"They have also ignored that we have regular and timely exchange of data and critical information between the two countries through existing joint mechanisms for water resources management," he added.
