One-party team without experts is not acceptable: BNP
Wednesday, 29 July 2009
The main opposition in Parliament BNP Tuesday said the planned visit by a one-party delegation to Tipaimukh Dam site without any technical expert on board would not be acceptable to the people of the country, reports UNB.
"We would like to say it clearly that the planned visit to Tipaimukh Dam site without technical experts won't be acceptable to people. We strongly protest such a visit," BNP Standing Committee member Dr Khondoker Mosharraf Hossain told the journalists at a press conference at the party's Gulshan office in the city Tuesday.
Reading out a written statement, Dr Mosharraf said BNP thinks that the government should include renowned national experts in the delegation as proposed by the BNP earlier. "Otherwise, it (visit) won't be meaningful."
Dr Mosharraf said India started the construction of Tipaimukh Dam during the immediate past caretaker government by breaching promises and it will be a suicidal decision for Bangladesh if the government allows India to go ahead with such a destructive project.
Terming the government initiative to send a one-party team to visit the site as an unfortunate move, he said the government decided to send the team to discuss with India at political level averting all other important steps.
"We had proposed to send a separate expert team with the delegation and handed over a list of experts. Unfortunately, the government failed to respond positively," he said.
Dr Mosharraf said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has already identified the issue as a national problem and urged the government to take steps based on political and national consensus.
"Even she (Khaleda) assured the government of providing all its necessary supports in the greater interest of the country," he said adding that Khaleda also urged the Indian government to scrap the project.
BNP vice chairman Maj (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed also attended the press conference.
"We would like to say it clearly that the planned visit to Tipaimukh Dam site without technical experts won't be acceptable to people. We strongly protest such a visit," BNP Standing Committee member Dr Khondoker Mosharraf Hossain told the journalists at a press conference at the party's Gulshan office in the city Tuesday.
Reading out a written statement, Dr Mosharraf said BNP thinks that the government should include renowned national experts in the delegation as proposed by the BNP earlier. "Otherwise, it (visit) won't be meaningful."
Dr Mosharraf said India started the construction of Tipaimukh Dam during the immediate past caretaker government by breaching promises and it will be a suicidal decision for Bangladesh if the government allows India to go ahead with such a destructive project.
Terming the government initiative to send a one-party team to visit the site as an unfortunate move, he said the government decided to send the team to discuss with India at political level averting all other important steps.
"We had proposed to send a separate expert team with the delegation and handed over a list of experts. Unfortunately, the government failed to respond positively," he said.
Dr Mosharraf said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia has already identified the issue as a national problem and urged the government to take steps based on political and national consensus.
"Even she (Khaleda) assured the government of providing all its necessary supports in the greater interest of the country," he said adding that Khaleda also urged the Indian government to scrap the project.
BNP vice chairman Maj (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed also attended the press conference.