On Friday, Bangladesh accused India of double standards when it comes to protecting minority communities. They also criticised India's media for spreading a large-scale misinformation campaign against Dhaka.

Asif Nazrul, the Law Affairs Adviser for the Bangladesh interim administration, claimed on Facebook that India's unjustified concern for Bangladesh persists amid a controversy surrounding the arrest of Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das on sedition charges. “In India, numerous incidents of brutality on the minority Muslim community is going on. But they don’t have any remorse or embarrassment (over those incidents). This double standard of India is condemnable and objectionable,” Nazrul wrote.

According to a survey by Voice of America Bangla, Nazrul stated that most Bangladeshis (64.1%) feel the interim government has done a better job of providing security to minority communities than the previous Awami League government. Muhammad Yunus's interim administration in Bangladesh, meanwhile, called on its journalists to use "truth" to refute "misinformation" in Indian media. "We must tell our stories our way or else they (Indian media) will set our narrative according to their liking," stated Shafiqul Alam, press secretary for Chief Adviser Yunus.  

In a Facebook post, veteran journalist Alam stated that several Bangladeshi journalists had realised that it was time to address the "industrial scale misinformation campaign" emanating from certain Indian media outlets and their social media accounts. He said that people in India should recognise that intelligent individuals live on its eastern border, and a few months ago, these people overthrew a "cruel dictatorship" in what he called one of the greatest revolutions in human history. Some might think Indians are wiser than other people, according to Alam. "But believe me, if you are empowered by truth no misinformation campaign can stop you".

His remarks were made after a group of students protested at Dhaka University, urging resistance against India's supposed involvement in Bangladesh's internal matters. The protesters also called for the return of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in August during large student protests and demanded a ban on the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Bangladesh. The students charged that India was attempting to incite sectarian conflict in Bangladesh, persecuted Muslims, and committed "border killings." They also blamed the Indian government for stirring up communal tensions in Bangladesh and using religious differences to create instability in the country.

"India is killing people on our border every week. Minorities in their own country are being persecuted daily. Recently, several Muslims were killed in an incident centred around a mosque,” president of the Student Rights Council, Bin Yamin Molla, accused. Bangladesh cannot view India as a friendly country, according to Molla. The protesters have called for a review of the agreements made with India over the past 16 years and want assurances of fair water-sharing from shared rivers.

On Friday, India expressed concern about the rise in extremist speech and violence in Bangladesh, urging the country's interim government to protect all minorities. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, stated that India has repeatedly raised concerns with the Bangladeshi government about the attacks targeting Hindus and other minority groups. On October 30, a sedition case was filed against 19 people, including Das, at Kotwali Police Station in Chattogram. They were accused of dishonouring Bangladesh's national flag during a rally held by the Hindu community in Chattogram's New Market area.

Das, the spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote, was arrested at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday for the alleged sedition. The Chattogram court denied him bail on Tuesday and sent him to jail, which led to protests from his supporters.