Dhaka, February 17 Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla met Tarique Rahman shortly after the BNP leader was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, and handed over a congratulatory letter from his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, officials said.
Birla, accompanied by Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, represented India at the oath ceremony of Rahman, which was held at the open space of the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad in the presence of Bangladesh's top political and military leaders.
"Birla met the new prime minister shortly after the swearing-in ceremony at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban," Rahman's Press Secretary Saleh Shibly told
