India’s health minister Harsh Vardhan has called Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina “torchlight of democracy” as he admired her personality.
Published : 11 Sep 2014, 11:39 AM
Vardhan also called Hasina a “bold social reformer”, but “very modest and gentle”.
He met the PM on Wednesday evening and then he tweeted in his personal twitter.
“Felt honoured to meet Smt. Sheikh Hasina, PM of Bangladesh today. Torchlight of democracy, bold social reformer, yet very modest and gentle”.
They discussed bilateral co-operation in the health sector during the meeting.
Vardhan is a doctor by training and his role particularly in polio-eradication has been much lauded.
He was the health minister of Delhi state earlier and his policy on polio-campaign had a rippling effect in India.