India visit not only a failure, harmful too: Khaleda
January 17, 2010
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s India visit was not only a failure, but also a harmful event for the country.
In her formal reaction to the visit, Khaleda Zia at a press conference at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office said the prime minister returned home empty-handed.
“They claimed that the visit was hundred percent successful. But the reality is it was not only a failure, it turned out to be harmful too for the nation,” Khaleda said.
She said the people of the country got disappointed at the failure of the prime minister.
“People expected that the prime minister will bring something from India that will work for our welfare. But they were disappointed as the prime minister returned empty-handed,” said the former prime minister.
She also said she was wondered to see the warm reception accorded to the prime minister on her return from India resulting in untold sufferings for the city commuters.
“It’s India that can accord her such reception, not the people of Bangladesh,” the leader of the opposition said.
She said the people became angry viewing the huge reception to the prime minister who returned home after giving away everything to India.
The people never saw such reception to the prime minister, Khaleda said adding it was actually meant to cover the failures keeping the people in darkness.
“She (Hasina) sold the country to India. People did not give her the mandate to sell the country,” Khaleda said in reply to a question from a journalist after she read out her written statement.
She expressed deep shock at the death of veteran Indian politician Jyoti Basu.
Khaleda also conveyed sympathy to the people suffering from freezing cold and asked the government to stand beside the poor community.
Source: thedailystar.net
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