Before the 12th National Assembly elections in Bangladesh, the United States was very active in ensuring a fair and impartial vote. US Ambassador to Dhaka, Peter Haas, in particular, was a sight to behold. In this regard, former Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakraborty commented that the US ambassador had covered up. However, his comments have been ridiculed by the United States.Last Monday night, in the briefing of the US State Department in Washington DC, questions were raised about the statement of the former Indian High Commissioner regarding Ambassador Peter Haas. During the question and answer session, a journalist said, on the eve of the elections in Bangladesh, the US ambassador in Dhaka, Peter Haas, went into hiding due to alleged Indian pressure - is this true? A senior Indian diplomat, who was once India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh, made the allegations at a book launch event in New Delhi.In response, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said no. This is not correct information. Miller dismissed the matter with humor.

Pinak Ranjan made the allegation at the launch of his book at Delhi think tank 'Observer Research Foundation' on March 28. Miller's response to this was that I did not look at all the book launch events in New Delhi. Meanwhile, AP Correspondent Matthew Lee wants to know, why are you not following? In response, Miller said, I have many other things to read.Which I like to be busy with. It is to be noted that at that event, former Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakraborty said that US Ambassador to Dhaka Peter Haas had to go into hiding only after Delhi made it clear to the Biden administration that India does not like US interference in Bangladesh's election issue.I can say with certainty that this strong message was conveyed to the US from India. As a result, the US ambassador in Dhaka, who was inviting a certain BNP leader to his house a few days ago or was appearing at the house of a certain BNP leader - he did not show up during the voting time! He knows where he covered his body!In response to a question whether the parliamentary election of Bangladesh on January 7 can be called questionable, Pinak said that if a party does not participate in the election by its own decision, then it is not appropriate to blame the winning party for that.Bina Sikri, one of the speakers at the event, former Indian diplomat and former High Commissioner to Dhaka, said that her assessment is that the United States actually considers Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh as a 'moderate' Islamist group and they have no idea how extremist the Jamaat's thoughts and actions are. . Bina Sikri thinks that Jamaat and their political partner BNP have been receiving patronage from America based on this 'wrong idea'.Pinak Ranjan Chakraborty disagreed in this context and said that he thinks that the United States actually knows what the real form of Jamaat is. But since the 1970s, the hostile attitude of the United States towards the Awami League is still reflected. That is why Washington continues to attack the political opponents of Awami League even after half a century.Bangladesh's former foreign secretary M Shahidul Haque and director of ORF Kolkata Anusua Basurai Chowdhury also participated in the discussion that day. Moderated by ORF Delhi Senior Fellow and Strategic Analyst Sushant Sarin.