Dhaka – BNP on Friday strongly opposed India’s reported proposal to sign an open sky agreement with Bangladesh saying it will put the country’s security at stake.
Speaking at a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan central office, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi also said Bangladesh will not get any benefit by inking such a deal.
“Bangladesh has agreement with India and many other countries on sky. But it has no deal with any country for giving open sky facilities. Bangladesh will not be benefited by signing such a deal. Even, there is no necessity of it,” he said.
He further said, “If the government signs the deal in will only protect India’s interest helping it unilaterally control air business.”
Terming the move as anti-state, he urged the government to refrain from taking steps for signing such agreement.
“After assuming power, the government is signing agreements with India one after another. Bangladesh has given many facilities to India but yet to get anything in exchange of those,” said Rizvi.
“ India has unilaterally withdrawn water of common rivers. They also got transit facility almost free of cost. They are trying to set up Rampal power plant in the Sundarbans ignoring the opinions of the people of Bangladesh and the world and endangering the ecology of the mangrove forest,” he alleged.
Demanding army deployment during the Narayanganj City Corporation Election Rizvi said the role of the law enforcement agencies andlocal administration is questionable and no initiative has yet been taken to collect the licensed arms and recover the illegal arms ahead of the election. -UNB
