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Hasina may meet Manmohan next week
Hasina may meet Manmohan next week | Bangladesh | bdnews24.com
Fri, Aug 24th, 2012 10:29 pm BdST
New Delhi, Aug 24 (bdnews24.com)Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to hold a bilateral meeting with her Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Iranian capital Tehran next week.
Diplomatic sources in Dellhi said officials of both countries were in touch to fix the time for the meeting.
The two Prime Ministers had last met at Addu in the Maldives on the sidelines of the SAARC summit in November 2011.
Hasina ad Singh are likely to discuss a wide range of bilateral issues, including the impasse over the proposed agreement on sharing of water of river Teesta and ratification of 1974 Land Boundary agreement and its additional protocol signed during Singh's visit to Dhaka in September 2011.
Singh on Thursday had a meeting with Chief Minister of Indian state of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi. Though they are understood to have briefly touched upon the issue of the stalled agreement on Teesta, it is not clear if Banerjee had agreed to soften her stand against New Delhi clinching the deal with Dhaka for sharing of water of the common river.
Though New Delhi and Dhaka were close to striking the deal on Teesta during Singh's visit to Dhaka, it was put on backburner after strong objection from West Bengal Chief Minister. Banerjee withdrew herself from Singh's entourage to Bangladesh indirectly expressing her reservation over the proposed deal, which she believes would be detrimental to the interests of West Bengal.
During his talks with Hasina in Tehran, Singh is likely to reiterate New Delhi's commitment to inking an agreement with Dhaka for sharing the water of Teesta.
Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is a partner of the Congress in the coalition government in New Delhi. The Congress, which leads the ruling United Progressive Alliance, has had a troubled relation with the Trinamool Congress over the past few months, particularly after the regional party came to power in West Bengal in May 2011.
However, the Congress is unlikely to provoke Trinamool Congress to break away from the UPA now, as the Government at the Centre is dependent on the regional party's support in Parliament, particularly as it has been under constant attack from the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party over a series of alleged corruption scandals.
Singh is also likely to assure Hasina that his government would soon introduce in Parliament a bill to amend the Constitution of India for ratification of the 1974 Land Boundary Agreement and its protocol signed last year. Though the UPA Government does not have enough numbers in both the Houses of Indian Parliament to ensure passage of the bill, it is still preparing to introduce it, apparently to reassure Bangladesh government of its commitment to ratify the deal.
Singh's government needs at least two-thirds majority in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha of Parliament to get a constitutional amendment bill passed. The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party is also likely to oppose the bill as it has joined with the regional party Asom Gana Parishad in Assam to protest against the protocol that New Delhi and Dhaka inked to resolve disputes through exchange of enclaves and adversely possessed land.
However, as the opposition BJP has this week stalled both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha over alleged corruption by Singh's Government in coal block allocation, uncertainty looms large over introduction of the bill during the current Monsoon Session of Parliament.
The two Prime Ministers are also likely to review progress of implementation of projects under the $1 billion Line of Credit extended by India to Bangladesh in January 2010.
bdnews24.com/corr/bd/2213h
Hasina may meet Manmohan next week | Bangladesh | bdnews24.com
Fri, Aug 24th, 2012 10:29 pm BdST
New Delhi, Aug 24 (bdnews24.com)Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to hold a bilateral meeting with her Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Iranian capital Tehran next week.
Diplomatic sources in Dellhi said officials of both countries were in touch to fix the time for the meeting.
The two Prime Ministers had last met at Addu in the Maldives on the sidelines of the SAARC summit in November 2011.
Hasina ad Singh are likely to discuss a wide range of bilateral issues, including the impasse over the proposed agreement on sharing of water of river Teesta and ratification of 1974 Land Boundary agreement and its additional protocol signed during Singh's visit to Dhaka in September 2011.
Singh on Thursday had a meeting with Chief Minister of Indian state of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee in New Delhi. Though they are understood to have briefly touched upon the issue of the stalled agreement on Teesta, it is not clear if Banerjee had agreed to soften her stand against New Delhi clinching the deal with Dhaka for sharing of water of the common river.
Though New Delhi and Dhaka were close to striking the deal on Teesta during Singh's visit to Dhaka, it was put on backburner after strong objection from West Bengal Chief Minister. Banerjee withdrew herself from Singh's entourage to Bangladesh indirectly expressing her reservation over the proposed deal, which she believes would be detrimental to the interests of West Bengal.
During his talks with Hasina in Tehran, Singh is likely to reiterate New Delhi's commitment to inking an agreement with Dhaka for sharing the water of Teesta.
Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is a partner of the Congress in the coalition government in New Delhi. The Congress, which leads the ruling United Progressive Alliance, has had a troubled relation with the Trinamool Congress over the past few months, particularly after the regional party came to power in West Bengal in May 2011.
However, the Congress is unlikely to provoke Trinamool Congress to break away from the UPA now, as the Government at the Centre is dependent on the regional party's support in Parliament, particularly as it has been under constant attack from the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party over a series of alleged corruption scandals.
Singh is also likely to assure Hasina that his government would soon introduce in Parliament a bill to amend the Constitution of India for ratification of the 1974 Land Boundary Agreement and its protocol signed last year. Though the UPA Government does not have enough numbers in both the Houses of Indian Parliament to ensure passage of the bill, it is still preparing to introduce it, apparently to reassure Bangladesh government of its commitment to ratify the deal.
Singh's government needs at least two-thirds majority in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha of Parliament to get a constitutional amendment bill passed. The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party is also likely to oppose the bill as it has joined with the regional party Asom Gana Parishad in Assam to protest against the protocol that New Delhi and Dhaka inked to resolve disputes through exchange of enclaves and adversely possessed land.
However, as the opposition BJP has this week stalled both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha over alleged corruption by Singh's Government in coal block allocation, uncertainty looms large over introduction of the bill during the current Monsoon Session of Parliament.
The two Prime Ministers are also likely to review progress of implementation of projects under the $1 billion Line of Credit extended by India to Bangladesh in January 2010.
bdnews24.com/corr/bd/2213h
