The BNP yesterday demanded the government of giving a condition to New Delhi to sign an agreement on Teesta water sharing before signing any agreement with it during the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India.
Standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy made the demand while speaking at a discussion meeting to mark the death anniversary of former BNP secretary general Khandker Delwar Hossain.
“It has become the responsibility of the government to fulfill all the wishes of those with whose blessing they (government) came to power through the elections without votes,” he said.
Swadhinata Forum, a pro-BNP organisation, arranged the meeting at National Press Club with its president Abu Naser Mohammed Rahmatullah in the chair.
The BNP leader called upon the government disclose all the agreements to be signed during the PM’s visit to the closed-door neighbour.
“Nobody has the right to sign any secret deal,” he said adding that if any deal is signed that should be on national issues. “After her return from India the PM has to disclose all about signed deals and discuss those in Parliament, he added.
Joint secretary general Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, among others, also spoke on the occasion.
Meanwhile, briefing reporters at party 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 through signing a defence agreement.
The BNP leader further said India is plotting to make Bangladesh defence system its extended version by signing the defence deal.
Criticizing Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader for his remark that no covert and anti-state deal would be signed with India, he clamed that the present government signed around 50 deals with India in the past but none of those was made public.
