India’s health minister Harsh Vardhan has called Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina the "torchlight of democracy".
The Indian minister praised Sheikh Hasina in a tweet on Wednesday after he had met the premier.
Harsh Vardhan also admired the Bangladesh prime minister calling her bold social reformer.
The tweet reads: "Felt honoured to meet Smt.Sheikh Hasina,PM of Bangladesh today. Torchlight of democracy, bold social reformer, yet very modest and gentle."
The Indian minister is now in Dhaka, attending the Sixty-seventh Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia.