BNP to go tough if any anti-state deal signed
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
The main opposition BNP Monday threatened to launch tough programmes if any anti-state agreement was signed by the government with any country, reports UNB.
"No one has the right to strike any deal that goes against the spirit of our independence and sovereignty," said BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain.
He was speaking at a roundtable titled "Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA)- Transit - South Asian Regional Taskforce vs Independence and Sovereignty of Bangladesh" organised by 'Student Leaders of the 80s', a platform of former student leaders, at the VIP lounge of Jatiya Press Club in the afternoon.
Delwar said people had been protecting the country's independence and sovereignty with great patriotism, not to make it subservient to any country.
He said BNP was always vocal when any issue relating to protection of the country's independence and sovereignty came up. "We did that in the past and we'll do that in the future too, as BNP is the party of this soil and the people of this country," he added.
He said BNP wanted to cooperate with the government in doing things that ensured welfare of the people and protected the interests of the country.
Presided over by SM Kamaluddin Chowdhury, one of the 80s student leaders, the roundtable was addressed, among others, by former minister and BNP leader Shah Mohammad Moazzem Hossain, JAGPA leader Shafiul Alam Prodhan and Jatiya Press Club President Shawkat Mahmud.
"No one has the right to strike any deal that goes against the spirit of our independence and sovereignty," said BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain.
He was speaking at a roundtable titled "Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA)- Transit - South Asian Regional Taskforce vs Independence and Sovereignty of Bangladesh" organised by 'Student Leaders of the 80s', a platform of former student leaders, at the VIP lounge of Jatiya Press Club in the afternoon.
Delwar said people had been protecting the country's independence and sovereignty with great patriotism, not to make it subservient to any country.
He said BNP was always vocal when any issue relating to protection of the country's independence and sovereignty came up. "We did that in the past and we'll do that in the future too, as BNP is the party of this soil and the people of this country," he added.
He said BNP wanted to cooperate with the government in doing things that ensured welfare of the people and protected the interests of the country.
Presided over by SM Kamaluddin Chowdhury, one of the 80s student leaders, the roundtable was addressed, among others, by former minister and BNP leader Shah Mohammad Moazzem Hossain, JAGPA leader Shafiul Alam Prodhan and Jatiya Press Club President Shawkat Mahmud.