The event in New Delhi where Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is due to speak is being organised by a private entity and the Indian government has nothing to do with it, India's foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Bangladesh had asked New Delhi to clarify its stance on Hasina's planned virtual address at the August 5 event hosted by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia, marking the second anniversary of the student-led uprising that toppled her government.
The 78-year-old has remained in India since the student-led protests. She was sentenced to death in 2025 for crimes against humanity over her crackdown on the demonstrations, a verdict she has dismissed as legally void.
The address is expected to be her first public appearance, albeit by video link, since she fled Dhaka.