Awami League Advisory Council member and former Railway Minister Suranjit Sengupta on Tuesday urged the government to gear up diplomatic relations with the newly elected government in India.
“Non-skilled persons won’t serve the purpose. Diplomatic efforts should be strengthened and specified by keeping stand on democratic representation of both the sides,” he said. The senior Awami League leader called upon both the ruling parties in Bangladesh and India to work together in unison for betterment of relations and in solving internal crisis. Suranjit Sengupta, also a senior parliamentarian of the ruling Awami League, said this while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion in the city.
Bangabandhu Academy organised the discussion on current political affairs at the auditorium of the Institution of Diploma Engineers at Kakrail in the capital.
Senior vice-president of Bangabandhu Academy Sheikh Ishtiaque Hossain chaired the discussion, also addressed, among others, by Awami League Assistant Secretary Advocate Asaduzzaman Durjoy and Samyabadi Dal leader Haroon Chowdhury. Suranjit Sengupta said, “Since its floating BNP has been pursuing anti-India politics. They have congratulated now communal Modi in their bid to enhancing relations. Before doing this they will have to announce in public that they will not pursue further anti-India politics from now on.”
Criticising BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s recent remarks, the senior AL parliamentarian said, “I don’t usually say anything relating to him. But, I presume that Fakhrul Saheb now lacks tolerance in using words.
I want to let them inform that the present government is not an illegal one. It’s a democratically elected government.”
He said the next parliament polls will also be held under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in accordance with the constitution had not been any big change (in the country’s political arena). Suranjit Sengupta said, “Narendra Modi has been going to form government in India by securing majority seats (in the Lok Sabha). India believes in democracy. We hope, though late, all the outstanding issues including that of the land boundary agreement with Bangladesh would be resolved.”
