Dhaka, Nov 20 (bdnews24.com) Independent lawmaker Fazlul Azim has asked the government to 'rewrite foreign policy' in the interest of the country.
In a point of order in parliament, he said Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh during his visit to Dhaka University had assured that India would not do anything which is harmful to Bangladesh.
He came down heavily on foreign minister over her recent meeting with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
"Foreign minister of a sovereign country negotiated with the chief minister of an Indian state for Teesta water sharing," he said.
"There is no consistency in what she said and what Mamata said," he said adding, "We watched television and there is no consistency."
Dipu Moni and Mamata held a meeting at Kolkata on Wednesday over Teesta issue.
The lawmaker said now Mamata says that she has no knowledge how much water is there in Teesta and they have to analyse before taking a decision.
Azim said the two countries have had negotiation for decades and all efforts would go in vein.
"Even as we are still fighting for the Teesta deal, another issue of Tipaimukh dam is now raised its head," the independent MP pointed out.
Indian state Manipur has secretly struck an investment deal with a number of state-run organisations for setting up the controversial hydroelectric power plant and Tipaimukh dam on India's Borak River.
BBC on Friday said in a report that the agreement was signed on Oct 22 between the State Government of Manipur and hydro developers Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd and NHPC (formerly known as the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited) at New Delhi under major wraps.
The proposed project has sparked debates in Bangladesh after India took initiative to build the dam.
Experts and rights activists have said Bangladesh would be adversely affected if the dam is built upstream.
Even in the state of Manipur, rights groups have been campaigning against the scheme for years and demanded that the government scrap the plan.
MP wants foreign policy rewritten | | bdnews24.com
Interesting... now we have an AL mp who is saying this out loud
