Prime Minister's India visit

Sign Teesta water pact first, then other deals: BNP

Party warns against signing of defence agreement

During Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to New Delhi, India should be told to first sign an agreement on Teesta water sharing before inking any other pact. The BNP made this demand yesterday (Friday). BNP standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy voiced the demand while speaking at a meeting to mark the death anniversary of former BNP secretary general Khandker Delwar Hossain.
“It has become the responsibility of the Awami League (AL)-led government to fulfil all the wishes of those with whose blessing the alliance has come to power through elections without votes,” he said. Swadhinata Forum, a pro-BNP organisation, arranged the meeting at the National Press Club. Its president, Abu Naser Mohammed Rahmatullah, was in the chair. The BNP leader called upon the government to disclose all the agreements to be signed during the PM’s visit. “Nobody has the right to sign any secret deal,” he said.
He also said that if any deal is signed, it should be on national issues. “After her return from India, the PM has to disclose all about the signed deals and discuss those in Parliament," he added. Among others, BNP joint secretary general Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal also spoke on the occasion.
Speaking at another function at the National Press Club, BNP standing committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said the people are waiting eagerly to see the signing of an agreement between the two countries on Teesta water sharing. “The government is not making any statement as to which agreements are going to be signed during the Prime Minister’s visit to India,” he added. Briefing reporters at the party's central office, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed warned that signing any defence deal or memorandum of understanding with India would be a dangerous venture for Bangladesh. He alleged that India wants to sell its military hardware and arms to Bangladesh by signing a defence agreement.
The BNP leader further said that India is plotting to make the Bangladesh defence system its extended version by signing a defence deal.
Criticising AL general secretary Obaidul Quader for his remark that no covert and anti-state deal would be signed with India, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed clamed that the present government signed around 50 deals with India in the past, but none of those was made public.

Prime Ministers India visit

Sign Teesta water pact first, then other deals: BNP

Party warns against signing of defence agreement

During Prime Minister Sheikh Hasinas visit to New Delhi, India should be told to first sign an agreement on Teesta water sharing before inking any other pact. The BNP made this demand yesterday (Friday). BNP standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy voiced the demand while speaking at a meeting to mark the death anniversary of former BNP secretary general Khandker Delwar Hossain. It has become the responsibility of the Awami League (AL)-led government to fulfil all the wishes of those with whose blessing the alliance has come to power through elections without votes, he said. Swadhinata Forum, a pro-BNP organisation, arranged the meeting at the National Press Club. Its president, Abu Naser Mohammed Rahmatullah, was in the chair. The BNP leader called upon the government to disclose all the agreements to be signed during the PMs visit. Nobody has the right to sign any secret deal, he said. He also said that if any deal is signed, it should be on national issues. After her return from India, the PM has to disclose all about the signed deals and discuss those in Parliament, he added. Among others, BNP joint secretary general Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal also spoke on the occasion. Speaking at another function at the National Press Club, BNP standing committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said the people are waiting eagerly to see the signing of an agreement between the two countries on Teesta water sharing. The government is not making any statement as to which agreements are going to be signed during the Prime Ministers visit to India, he added. Briefing reporters at the partys central office, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed warned that signing any defence deal or memorandum of understanding with India would be a dangerous venture for Bangladesh. He alleged that India wants to sell its military hardware and arms to Bangladesh by signing a defence agreement. The BNP leader further said that India is plotting to make the Bangladesh defence system its extended version by signing a defence deal. Criticising AL general secretary Obaidul Quader for his remark that no covert and anti-state deal would be signed with India, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed clamed that the present government signed around 50 deals with India in the past, but none of those was made public.