Deals to only increase India’s military, political influence on Bangladesh: Khaleda

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday alleged that the Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) and agreements signed during prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s India visit will only increase the military and geo-political influence of India on Bangladesh.

Also former prime minister, Khaleda was speaking at a press conference at her Gulshan office, apparently to give her reaction to the recent India visit of of her arch-enemy prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) also alleged that Hasina’s India visit has rather caused further damage to Bangladesh.

At least 34 agreements and MoUs were signed between Bangladesh and India during Sheikh Hasina’s recent official visit to India from 7 to 10 April.

“This time too, the people see with despair and pain that the deals and the MoUs signed during the visit in the areas of defence cooperation, purchase of arms and weaponry, line of credit, nuclear energy cooperation, import of electricity and power, increase of connectivity, outer space cooperation, cyber security cooperation will only increase India’s military, political, and geopolitical influence on Bangladesh,” alleged Khaleda.

Source: Prothom Alo