Khaleda threatens to stop road, sea transit to India
CHITTAGONG, Jan 9 (UNB): Opposition leader Khaleda Zia Monday threatened to stop the government's plans to provide transit to India through road and seaports at the cost of national interests, saying people would resist it.
Addressing a huge public meeting at the Railway Polo Ground here, she accused the government of failing to resolve bilateral issues including sharing of the Teesta water, and making the country a vassal state of New Delhi.
Khaleda said: "We want good and friendly relations with India on equal footing and resolve our problems through discussions."
The BNP chairperson alleged that the country's industries were being shut down due to the scarcity of power and gas which will facilitate India to set up its own industrial units in Bangladesh.
"It is a well thought out plan to make Bangladesh beggar and bankrupt," she told the huge rally.
At the rally Khaleda announced that there will be a grand rally in the capital on March 12 to "protect the country from the treacherous government."
The BNP chairperson also declared a series of programmes from the mammoth public meeting concluding the two day Dhaka-Chittagong road march.
The other programmes declared from the rally, organized by the BNP led-four-party alliance, are mass processions in capital Dhaka and all divisional and district headquarters on January 29.
There will be mass contacts, demonstrations and human chain across the country in February, Khaleda announced saying that the mild programmes have been taken in the month of February due to the SSC examinations.
The public meeting was presided over by BNP Chittagong city president
Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury.
BNP chairperson asked the ruling Awami League to step down immediately and test its popularity by allowing elections under a non-party caretaker government.
"Your popularity has come down to zero level. Without resisting our future programmes, quit power and test your popularity by giving elections under a non-party caretaker government," she told a huge cheering public rally at the Railway Polo Ground here in the afternoon,
Khaleda insisted that the next general elections must be held under a non-party caretaker authority, saying the people at home and the international community will not accept anything else.
She alleged that the present government is providing 'corridor' to India in the name of transit through Bangladesh. But, she said
Bangladesh will have no authority to check whether India is transporting its troops or military hardware through the corridor.
Spending lot of her time dwelling on India, Khaleda said the government is constructing road up to Agartala to facilitate movement of Indian heavy vehicles by taking loans from India with high interest, which will have to be paid within 20 years
"We won't get any tax or royalty for allowing (India) the use of our roads," she said, adding that "our transports will use the road first and then we will think of others."
She said the government has also permitted New Delhi to allow the use of Chittagong and Mongla seaports. "We must resist it."
The former Prime Minister also asked the government to stop the construction of wide road on the bank of the Titas River to facilitate the movement of the Indian vehicles.
"Stop this, people are protesting against it. Otherwise, we will be forced to cut it off," she cautioned.
Questioning the integrity of the current government, Khaleda said the government is even failing to protest the killing of unarmed Bangladeshis at the borders. "This puppet government has been installed by India."
Referring to the BDR massacre, she said as many as 53 skilled army officers were killed under the present government to weaken the BDR which was engaged in halting smuggling and external aggression.
Khaleda threatens to stop road, sea transit to India
CHITTAGONG, Jan 9 (UNB): Opposition leader Khaleda Zia Monday threatened to stop the government's plans to provide transit to India through road and seaports at the cost of national interests, saying people would resist it.
Addressing a huge public meeting at the Railway Polo Ground here, she accused the government of failing to resolve bilateral issues including sharing of the Teesta water, and making the country a vassal state of New Delhi.
Khaleda said: "We want good and friendly relations with India on equal footing and resolve our problems through discussions."
The BNP chairperson alleged that the country's industries were being shut down due to the scarcity of power and gas which will facilitate India to set up its own industrial units in Bangladesh.
"It is a well thought out plan to make Bangladesh beggar and bankrupt," she told the huge rally.
At the rally Khaleda announced that there will be a grand rally in the capital on March 12 to "protect the country from the treacherous government."
The BNP chairperson also declared a series of programmes from the mammoth public meeting concluding the two day Dhaka-Chittagong road march.
The other programmes declared from the rally, organized by the BNP led-four-party alliance, are mass processions in capital Dhaka and all divisional and district headquarters on January 29.
There will be mass contacts, demonstrations and human chain across the country in February, Khaleda announced saying that the mild programmes have been taken in the month of February due to the SSC examinations.
The public meeting was presided over by BNP Chittagong city president
Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury.
BNP chairperson asked the ruling Awami League to step down immediately and test its popularity by allowing elections under a non-party caretaker government.
"Your popularity has come down to zero level. Without resisting our future programmes, quit power and test your popularity by giving elections under a non-party caretaker government," she told a huge cheering public rally at the Railway Polo Ground here in the afternoon,
Khaleda insisted that the next general elections must be held under a non-party caretaker authority, saying the people at home and the international community will not accept anything else.
She alleged that the present government is providing 'corridor' to India in the name of transit through Bangladesh. But, she said
Bangladesh will have no authority to check whether India is transporting its troops or military hardware through the corridor.
Spending lot of her time dwelling on India, Khaleda said the government is constructing road up to Agartala to facilitate movement of Indian heavy vehicles by taking loans from India with high interest, which will have to be paid within 20 years
"We won't get any tax or royalty for allowing (India) the use of our roads," she said, adding that "our transports will use the road first and then we will think of others."
She said the government has also permitted New Delhi to allow the use of Chittagong and Mongla seaports. "We must resist it."
The former Prime Minister also asked the government to stop the construction of wide road on the bank of the Titas River to facilitate the movement of the Indian vehicles.
"Stop this, people are protesting against it. Otherwise, we will be forced to cut it off," she cautioned.
Questioning the integrity of the current government, Khaleda said the government is even failing to protest the killing of unarmed Bangladeshis at the borders. "This puppet government has been installed by India."
Referring to the BDR massacre, she said as many as 53 skilled army officers were killed under the present government to weaken the BDR which was engaged in halting smuggling and external aggression.
Khaleda threatens to stop road, sea transit to India
And I am sure that you guys will elect Khaleda Zia in 2014 and again Shaikh Haseena in 2019 as it is always happening since last 20 years. You guys got bored of your leader very soon.
