BNP wants to build good ties with BJP, sends Puja invite

[MandarK]

KOLKATA: Within two months of external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj meeting former Bangladesh prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia during her Dhaka trip in June, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party president has reciprocated by inviting a high-powered BJP delegation to her country during Durga Puja.

Two BNP leaders, including a former MP, called on BJP general secretary Ram Madhav in New Delhi as Khaleda's emissaries on August 21, inviting him to Dhaka when Bangladesh celebrates Durga Puja. The invite is seen as an effort by BNP to shed its "hardline Islamist" image and build bridges with the party in power in India.

The delegation's visit followed Khaleda's letter to Amit Shah on July 28 soon after he was elected BJP president. "Our party is committed to bilateral relations and fostering greater understanding among our people based on mutual benefit and respect. Strong relations between our parties can play an important role in generating this understanding. My party looks forward to working closely with your party to develop such relations," Khaleda had written ahead of the delegation's visit.

Impressed by Sushma's move, Khaleda's emissaries wanted the Indian government to shed the partisanship of the Congress-led UPA government and build a party-to-party relationship that foster friendship between the people of the two countries.

"BNP has always been branded anti-India in the mainstream Indian media. But migration of Hindu minorities from Bangladesh was the lowest during the BNP government. On the contrary, atrocities on Hindu minorities under the Awami League government are glaring instances of its attitude toward minorities," a BNP leader said.

Khaleda did not meet President Pranab Mukherjee during his first official foreign visit there after assuming office last year.

BNP wants to build good ties with BJP, sends Puja invite - The Times of India




Seems like India has total control over Bangladesh now

 

[eastwatch]

As BNP always does, it is again beating about the bush. It is not India alone that dislikes Jamaat involvement with BNP and in politics, it is also the entire developed world that does so.

BNP should understand this and distance itself from Jamaat's religious politics. Only this may bring back the confidence that BNP is not a fundamentalist party, but a progressive one.

 

[That Guy]

An Indian annexation is inevitable at this point. Sooner or later, India will bring Bangladesh into it's federation, it's only a matter of when.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

An Indian annexation is inevitable at this point. Sooner or later, India will bring Bangladesh into it's federation, it's only a matter of when.

Et tu troll?

 

[That Guy]

Et tu troll?

Simply stating it as how I see it. BD has completely come under Indian influence, what little resistance there remained, was killed during the last BD elections. BD now is nothing more than a puppet state, and sooner or later it will come under the Indian federation's flag.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

Simply stating it as how I see it. BD has completely come under Indian influence, what little resistance there remained, was killed during the last BD elections. BD now is nothing more than a puppet state, and sooner or later it will come under the Indian federation's flag.

Shubh shubh boliye pls.

 

[WAR-rior]

An Indian annexation is inevitable at this point. Sooner or later, India will bring Bangladesh into it's federation, it's only a matter of when.

Analyst Bhai. I dont know what is the basis of ur deeper than ocean analysis but taking over countries is thing of past. Request you to come back to 21st century out of colonialism. Todays its all bout influence rather than political control.

Infact, the change in status quo is so daunting a task that even if Pakistan serve its nation to india in a golden plate, India would straight right refuse. Hence, u can understand the same in case of Bangladesh.

Keeping all logic thing aside, lets talk in ur terms. Tell us why would India take over Bangladesh? What do they have that India is wanting to take over?

 

[arp2041]

What do they have that India is wanting to take over?

Greatest Leader of 21st Century - Shrimati Sheikh Hasina Wajid Ji.

 

[WAR-rior]

Greatest Leader of 21st Century - Shrimati Sheikh Hasina Wajid Ji.

Ya rite. Its the only Brahmastra against Momta Di. MIL GAYA TOD.

 

[That Guy]

Annexation, unless the Socio-Cultural mores of the annexed country is similar, is not favored by democracies as it leads to erosion in political power of annexer.

Had it not been so, Commonwealth would have became one country with India,Canada, US and Australia voting for British Parliament. Only catch is that British Parliament would be British only in name and Britons would lose control over their own country.

Except, your example doesn't make sense. you don't need a cultural similarity to find unity, India itself is evidence of that and not just India either, most federations are an example of that, including Canada and the US.

Analyst Bhai. I dont know what is the basis of ur deeper than ocean analysis but taking over countries is thing of past. Request you to come back to 21st century out of colonialism. Todays its all bout influence rather than political control.

Infact, the change in status quo is so daunting a task that even if Pakistan serve its nation to india in a golden plate, India would straight right refuse. Hence, u can understand the same in case of Bangladesh.

Keeping all logic thing aside, lets talk in ur terms. Tell us why would India take over Bangladesh? What do they have that India is wanting to take over?

It is simply my opinion, and I fully admit that it won't happen over night. By your logic, Crimea is not possible.

My views are based upon the reality of the region, and right now, as it will be for the foreseeable future, India is in full control of BD already. It is only a matter of when, not how or why.

 

[Contrarian]

An Indian annexation is inevitable at this point. Sooner or later, India will bring Bangladesh into it's federation, it's only a matter of when.

While as a Pakistani you may like believe so, it is not the truth.

Bangladesh offers more costs in comparison to benefits to acquire.

1. It is severely overpopulated with
2. Very low natural resources and
3.. It has an exceedingly high rate of natural disasters. Its population has a per capita income
that is half of the Indian average.
4. This is not to mention that by acquiring Bangladesh we would be adding almost 150 million
Muslims to the Indian population which would skew the demographics of India.

5. Lastly, Bangladesh has no land that is of strategic value to us. All we need from Bangladesh is access to one port of Bangladesh that too for general trade so that our NE can have a shorter route to a port so it can develop faster and at a cheaper cost. That is already being done under bilateral trade treaties.

So no, no Indian political party even espouses this goal - of trying to acquire Bangladesh. In fact all Indian political parties are quite clear in that they want GoI to spend as much money as it can to stop any and all immigration from BD to India by spending billions of dollars to build fences and border control.

Our seriousness of this can be gauged from the fact that we are trying to push through and went ahead to demarcate the border line with Bangladesh so that there are no adverse claims in the future. The basic modus operandi when trying to acquire another land is that to have hazy and unclear borders. We are going against that basic thought.

Please dispel this notion from your head entirely. We wish to have a Bangladesh that is favourable to India and an ally(an ally in every sense of the word), but not have it join in. An ally here means that Bangladesh buys products from India and sells to India, a Bangladesh that hates the countries we hate, acts against countries we act against and is favourable to countries we are favourable to. A proper ally.

 

[That Guy]

There is enough similarity in India to weld it as a country. Every state of India except Kashmir, Manipur and Nagaland is Hindu; and it is in these three states where secessionist tendencies are concentrated.

Yeah, no. Let's take another country then, if you're not going to accept India (and it's clear that you won't accept any argument regarding India anyways). The US, every state is culturally different, and this difference is even more pronounced between the north and the south; In fact, it's like going to two entirely different nations, when going back and forth from the northern states, and southern states. Yet, they're still united under a single flag.

Again, your argument makes little sense.

While as a Pakistani you may like believe so, it is not the truth.

Bangladesh offers more costs in comparison to benefits to acquire.

1. It is severely overpopulated with
2. Very low natural resources and
3.. It has an exceedingly high rate of natural disasters. Its population has a per capita income
that is half of the Indian average.
4. This is not to mention that by acquiring Bangladesh we would be adding almost 150 million
Muslims to the Indian population which would skew the demographics of India.

5. Lastly, Bangladesh has no land that is of strategic value to us. All we need from Bangladesh is access to one port of Bangladesh that too for general trade so that our NE can have a shorter route to a port so it can develop faster and at a cheaper cost. That is already being done under bilateral trade treaties.

So no, no Indian political party even espouses this goal - of trying to acquire Bangladesh. In fact all Indian political parties are quite clear in that they want GoI to spend as much money as it can to stop any and all immigration from BD to India by spending billions of dollars to build fences and border control.

Our seriousness of this can be gauged from the fact that we are trying to push through and went ahead to demarcate the border line with Bangladesh so that there are no adverse claims in the future. The basic modus operandi when trying to acquire another land is that to have hazy and unclear borders. We are going against that basic thought.

Please dispel this notion from your head entirely. We wish to have a Bangladesh that is favourable to India and an ally(an ally in every sense of the word), but not have it join in. An ally here means that Bangladesh buys products from India and sells to India, a Bangladesh that hates the countries we hate, acts against countries we act against and is favourable to countries we are favourable to. A proper ally.

You mean a puppet, and that is exactly what you have right now in BD.

Dispel this notion from my head? What are you, my teacher? In the end, it is my personal opinion, nothing more. Your reasoning can be easily dealt with, and considering you and I have...conversed before, you know very well I can argue otherwise; but I won't, because it doesn't matter to me.

I care little what happens to BD, my opinion is my own, and only the future holds the answers.

 

[That Guy]

What difference?

Do they have different language? No.

Southern English is quite different from Northern English. By your logic, the US should have stayed with Britain, because they share the same language.

Do they have different religion? No.

Again, by your logic, the US should have stayed with Britain, because they shared the same religion.

Do they have different racial profile? No.

Ditto

Preferring different brand of beers is not a significant cultural difference, neither is degree of conservatism. Only major cultural difference in USA is between Blacks and Whites.

They're politically, and socially different. They have different value systems, and different ideas of society; especially when it comes to religion (Southerners take it seriously, the Northerners are more relaxed about it). The cultural difference between Blacks and Whites in the US isn't as big as you may think it is.

The difference in US are fake and construct of Media. Even Latinos, who are considered a different race in US are biologically white Caucasians with a tan.

This is perhaps the stupidest thing I've ever read. I mean, it is just plane ignorant. I'm sorry, I can't even address this one. You've officially proven that I can't take you seriously, so after this post, I will no longer be replying to your comments.

 

[Contrarian]

You mean a puppet, and that is exactly what you have right now in BD.

No, not a puppet.
Is Canada a puppet of US?
I said ally.

Dispel this notion from my head? What are you, my teacher? In the end, it is my personal opinion, nothing more. Your reasoning can be easily dealt with, and considering you and I have...conversed before, you know very well I can argue otherwise; but I won't, because it doesn't matter to me.

I care little what happens to BD, my opinion is my own, and only the future holds the answers.

Ofcourse friend. It is your personal opinion and no doubt you are entitled to it. But what are we here for if not to share opinions and learn from others. If we were all fully knowledgeable on all issues, then there would not be discussion boards would there.

I gave you facts about Bangladesh. I also gave you opinions of Indians in general and the opinion of every political party of India. No one wants a Bangladesh joining the Indian Union. Yet you insist that we are gunning for that.

I have told you exactly what we want from Bangladesh. On Bangladesh there is no difference of opinion in the political parties, everyone is on the same page about what we want from them and what we do not want from them.

 

[hkdas]

An Indian annexation is inevitable at this point. Sooner or later, India will bring Bangladesh into it's federation, it's only a matter of when.

looks like pakistanos in PDF are more concern than bangladeshis in this matter... pakistans should take care of your country from taliban annexation of pakistan than posting some troll in this thread. india is not pakistan to invade neighbors or sponsoring terrorism. india is building a friendly atmosphere in BD nothing else. pakistanis like you won't understand friendship b/w to nations. idiots like you only knows sponsoring terrorism, begging helps and military equipments form your uncle sam USA, surrendering and denying dead bodies of your own soldiers.