Lawyers call for Urdu speakers' rights
Thursday, 11 November 2010
Our Correspondent
CHITTAGONG, Nov 10: BNP central committee advisor and former state minister Mir Nasiruddin today said that his party would resist the government attempt to give transit to neighbouring India.
"The Awami League government has no right to give transit to India, because it swept back to power without people's mandate. They came to power by serving purposes of three countries including India," Mir Nasir said.
He said India is also building the deep sea port of Bangladesh and that port will be used by the neighbouring country.
"We will hold referendum on the deals with India after assuming power. We will scrap the deals if the people don't want them," he said.
His comments came at a roundtable on Urdu-speaking people in Bangladesh, jointly organised by Urdu Speaking People’s Youth Rehabilitation Movement and ActionAid Bangladesh in the port city.
Chaired by regional chief of the forum Wajed Ali it was addressed, among others, by advocate Shamsuddin Mirza, advocate SM Ebadullah, Mustaq Ahmed, Zahirul Huq and Sadakat Khan.
CHITTAGONG, Nov 10: BNP central committee advisor and former state minister Mir Nasiruddin today said that his party would resist the government attempt to give transit to neighbouring India.
"The Awami League government has no right to give transit to India, because it swept back to power without people's mandate. They came to power by serving purposes of three countries including India," Mir Nasir said.
He said India is also building the deep sea port of Bangladesh and that port will be used by the neighbouring country.
"We will hold referendum on the deals with India after assuming power. We will scrap the deals if the people don't want them," he said.
His comments came at a roundtable on Urdu-speaking people in Bangladesh, jointly organised by Urdu Speaking People’s Youth Rehabilitation Movement and ActionAid Bangladesh in the port city.
Chaired by regional chief of the forum Wajed Ali it was addressed, among others, by advocate Shamsuddin Mirza, advocate SM Ebadullah, Mustaq Ahmed, Zahirul Huq and Sadakat Khan.