BNP yesterday said it hopes Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi's visit to Dhaka will strengthen the country's relations with India and also help resolve the long-standing disputes between the two sides.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, acting secretary general of the party, talked to reporters yesterday after placing wreaths at the grave of late president Ziaur Rahman, founder of the party, at the city's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.
He at that time asked the government to disclose details of all deals signed with India. He hopes the government will discuss water sharing, transit deal and border killing with Sonia and ensure the country's interest in transit deal, Alamgir said.
The BNP leader also said they have to see whether Bangladesh is getting the fair share of water and the border killing is stopped.
Sonia Gandhi arrived in the capital last night. The prime minister of India will also visit Dhaka soon and a number of deals including transit are expected to be signed during his visit.
The main opposition has been strongly opposing the government's move to provide transit facilities to India as it thinks the country is getting nothing in return.
The BNP leader told reporters, "We want to keep relationship with India on the basis of equality. Our chairperson has already said we have to see first how Bangladesh can be benefited from the transit deal."
Implementation of all deals including transit will depend on people's support, he noted.
Source : The Daily Star
