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Take more time to sign deals on Tifa, transit

Speakers urge govt

Staff Correspondent
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday called on the government to take more time to take decisions before signing agreements on TYade and Investment Framework Agreement (Tifa), South Asian counter terrorism taskforce and transit to India.
They said this at the roundtable on Transit-Tifa-taskforce: National unity in protection of sovereignty" organised by Chirantan Bangladesh Central Council at Cirdap auditorium in the city with Prof Emajuddin Ahmed in the chair.
He said both India and Pakistan were formed through rounds of discussions, but Bangladesh was bom through a sanguinary was ofliberation.
A prestigious nation like Bangladesh cannot bow down its head to its powerful neighbours as well as it cannot tolerate powers exercised by its neighbours, he added.
He said India could be a friend to Bangladesh but not as a master, adding that since the country’s independence in 1971, both the countries signed a number of treaties but India failed to pay respect to any of those treaties.
Citing example of Tin Bigha Corridor, Prof Emajuddin said following a treaty between Mujib and Indira Gandhi, Bangladesh handed Berubari enclave over to India, but India is yet to hand Tin Bigha Corridor over to Bangladesh.
He further said at 50 to 60 Bangladeshis are killed annually by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in the Indo-Bangladesh borderareas.
Prof Emajuddin, also the former VC of Dhaka University, also criticised the Indian government for not keeping its promises, including its pledge to
provide five lakh tonnes of rice after devastating cyclone Sidr but did not provide a little, saying: “Instead of fulfilling the promise, India increased price of rice when Bangladesh need rice badly"
Criticising the AL government, he said the government passed only a month in power but it is going to sign treaties on Tifa, transit and counter terrorism with the US and India, adding: “It seems that the government is in a hurry to sign the treaties as soon as possible.’’
As transit, Tifa or task force issues are not only related to business or economy, but also are inextricably linked with the security and sovereignty of the nation, the government should consider the interests of the country and the people first.
He cautioned the AL government that if it does any wrong against the sovereignty, people would come out to protest its wrongdoing to save the country's sovereignty.
Stressing on the security and smuggling issues, former director general of Press Institute of Bangladesh Rezwan Siddique said if Bangladesh provides corridor to India, it will invite danger to the country by the regional armed groups active in the Indian provinces known as seven sisters.
Providing corridor to India will also increase smuggling rate, headded.
Former law minister barrister Moudud Ahmed, Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamruzzaman and former minister barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia also spoke.