Efforts are being made by both India and Bangladesh to overcome the unease created over the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in India. India feels that under the current Awami League government, minorities in Bangladesh are protected. India has repeatedly said that NRC law will only be applicable to those who entered India at least five years ago and not new entrants.

At one stage, Bangladesh foreign minister called the NRC an internal matter for India. Earlier, a feeling of disquiet began between two countries when the citizenship amendment bill was passed at the lower house, Lok Sabha of India, sponsored by Indian Home Minister Amit Shah.
During the passing of the bill on Dec 9, Shah said: “One of the main reasons for the bill is to stop the oppression of Hindus and Buddhists in Bangladesh.”
This was not taken lightly by Bangladesh. The same day, Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said that minorities were not being persecuted of tyrannized in Bangladesh.
After India realised the blunder Shah had made, a damage control drive began by India's Foreign Minister, S. Jaishankar.
The detailed account of Hindu persecution which Amit Shah presented at the Rajya Sabha of parliament was taken mostly from the BNP-Jamaat period.
Meanwhile, the Bangladesh foreign minister cancelled a trip to India on Dec 13.
Soon afterwards, a spokesperson for the Indian ministry of foreign affairs, Raveesh Kumar, said: “We know minorities are safeguarded in Bangladesh at the moment and the oppression that our government referred to occurred during the tenure of the earlier BNP-Jamaat regime.”
Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan was supposed to go to Meghalaya on Dec 13 but his trip was cancelled too.
However, in recent times, efforts are underway to defuse the tensions between the two countries over the NRC issue.
Assam’s chief minister said on Dec 20: “The law will only be applicable to those who came to India at least five years ago.”
On Dec 23, the AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said that during BNP-Jamaat rule many fled to India in fear of their lives.
Indicating that bi-lateral relations are fairly is getting normal, the Indian border force spokesmen (BSF) said that the routine meeting with the BGB of Bangladesh will take place as per schedule. The BGB head did not cancel his trip to India.