LOK SABHA SPEAKER REPRESENTS INDIA AT SWEARING - IN CEREMONY OF BANGLADESH PRIME MINISTER MR. TARIQUE RAHMAN

• Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla represented India at the swearing-in of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Dhaka on 17 February 2026.
• Marks a transition of power in Bangladesh with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) returning to government after a decisive parliamentary victory.
• Significant for UPSC as it tests India–Bangladesh bilateral ties, neighbourhood-first policy, parliamentary diplomacy, and the constitutional role of the Speaker as a state representative abroad.