Hasina-Manmohan talks worry BNP

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The opposition BNP voiced apprehension over the possible outcome of the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the just-concluded 16th SAARC Summit in Thimpu, reports UNB.
Talking to reporters at his residence Friday, BNP Secretary General Khandakar Delwar Hossain said people of Bangladesh are afraid following the consensus reached by the two prime ministers on implementing the decisions taken and agreements signed
between Dhaka and Delhi during Sheikh Hasina's visit to India last January.
He said people do not know exactly what is there in the agreements, as India is eager to implement the agreements, because it will be in their favour.
Delwar, however, appreciated the two agreements signed in the 16th SAARC Summit in Bhutan.
He lamented that the SAARC, even after 25 years of its inception, did not achieve the expected goals for not resolving bilateral issues of the member countries of the group.
The BNP leader criticized India for, he said, not maintaining proper relations with its neighbouring countries like Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan.
Replying to a question about Indian Prime Minster Manmohan Singh's assurance to help Bangladesh in continuing its democracy, Delwar said now there is no democracy both inside and outside the parliament in the country. "Do they (India) want to continue such democracy in their interest keeping a puppet government in power?"