Hasina`s gifts to India: pyjamas for Pranab, sandesh for Modi

Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is on a four-day visit, is making headlines with her meetings with top dignitaries across India.

On Saturday, she met PM Narendra Modi and signed 22 MoUs which include a credit line of 500 million dollars for development and over 2 billion dollars for defence infrastructure.

But PM Hasina is not here to just take, what she brought with her is perhaps priceless.

Bangladeshi PM has brought gifts for each dignitary she is meeting and then some. Let`s take a look at who is getting what gift from Bangladesh`s cultural bounty:

President Pranab Mukherjee

Hasina brought a Panjabi and a pair of silk pyjamas, artworks, a dinner set, a leather bag set, 4kg kalojam and rosgolla, 2kg sandesh, 20kg hilsa and 2kg yogurt for Indian President Pranab Mukherjee.

President`s daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee

There was also a silk sari as gift for the president`s daughter, said foreign ministry sources.

Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari

The PM would give Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari a dinner set, a leather bag, 2kg rosgolla and kalojam and 1kg sandesh.

PM Narendra Modi

For her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, Hasina brought a leather office bag set, 4kg kalojam and rosgolla, 2kg sandesh and 4kg yogurt.

She is to gift a Rajshahi silk sari to the Indian PM`s mother.

EAM Sushma Swaraj

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj would get a Rajshahi silk sari, a tea set, 2kg rosgolla and kalojam, 1kg sandesh and 2kg yogurt from the Bangladesh PM as gift.

WB CM Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would receive a Benarasi sari, 2kg rosgolla and kalojam, 1kg sandesh and 2kg yogurt from Hasina.

Other Union Ministers

A silver boat each for Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, State Minister for External Affairs Vijay Kumar Singh and State Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Babul Supriyo is on the gift list.

Source: News Nation