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Ties With Dhaka

Indian govt's failure irks North-east

Star Report
India's failure to reciprocate Bangladesh’s “peace gestures” is frustrating the chief ministers of the northeastern states, Mumbaibased Daily News and Analysis (DNA) reported yesterday.
The daily reported that granting a concession on Teesta River water and operationalising the already signed land boundary agreement were two important issues expected by Bangladesh.
The chief ministers of India's northeastern states are peeved at the United Progressive Alliance government's inability and indecisiveness to table the Border Management Bill in the previous budget session of Parliament due to stiff opposition from the T r i n a m o o 1 and the Bharatiya Janata Party, the newspaper said.
“The delay is hampering the transborder trade, contact and cooperation. Improvement in relations with Bangladesh is a real game-changer for the north east,” said Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma.
Indian government officials admit that Sheikh Hasina's government in Dhaka has immensely contributed towards maintaining peace in the militancy-affected north-eastern states.
She reversed the policy of her predecessors by ordering closure of several mili-
tancy training camps and even handed over some hardcore Assam militants to India.
Five Indian states of West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram share a 2,429 mile-long border with Bangladesh.
Without naming them, Sangma told DNA that certain political parties had been bent on ruining the prime minister's Look East vision and his carefully strategic initiative towards Dhaka.
He believes that his state, along with the entire north east, was on the verge of making huge strides in development by the Look East policy.
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) government in Tripura is also demanding greater economic engagement with Bangladesh.
Sangma, who met Indian premier Manmohan Singh in Delhi recently, demanded improvement in internal waterways to Bangladesh to promote cross-border investments.
He further asked for a transit route to Bangladesh’s Chittagong port, claiming it was the nearest port for all in the north-east.
Stressing cooperation with Bangladesh, the chief minister said improved relations had enabled them to move heavy machinery from Kolkata to Tripura through Bangladesh territory to set up the Palatan gas-based power plant.