Jamaat-e-Islami has offered congratulations to Narendra Modi, who is set to be the next prime minister of India, for his party's landslide victory in the Lok Shabha election.
Acting ameer of the party Makbul Ahamad issued a written statement in this regard on Friday.
The statement read: “We are congratulating Narendra Modi for his historic victory in the election. We hope that India will uphold its tradition of keeping religious harmony among the people under the leadership of Modi.
"Our party always wants to keep good relationship with India," he added.
He expressed hope that Modi would consider the bi-lateral issues between Bangladesh and India seriously and solve those by holding fruitful discussions.