The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday clarified that the Government of India had no involvement in former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s recent press briefing, stressing that the event was organised entirely by a private media entity. Addressing the weekly media briefing in New Delhi, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the government neither facilitated the event nor endorsed any of the views expressed during it, particularly those concerning Bangladesh’s current government. “The government had no role to play in what was an event by a private media entity, and it does not endorse anything said at the forum, especially with regard to the duly constituted government of Bangladesh,” Jaiswal added. The clarification came two days after Hasina’s virtual media interaction drew attention in both India and Bangladesh.