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Dhaka, Aug 13 (bdnews24.com)Senior BNP leader Goyeshwar Chandra Roy has demanded that Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh apologise for the killing by his border force of teenaged girl 'Felani' along the Kurigram border before he visits Dhaka next month.
Roy also demanded details of all deals that have been signed or will be signed with India published, or else, he threatened to enforce a shutdown.
"The Indian government will have to apologise for the killing of Felani," he told a human-chain protest in front of the National Press Club on Saturday.
"We hope the Indian prime minister will apologise to the people of Bangladesh before his visit."
Singh is scheduled to fly down to Dhaka for a high-profile visit on Sept 6-7 when a number of contentious issues are expected to be settled.
The BNP policymaker demanded that the government disclose all the deals signed between the two nations during prime minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to India in Jan, 2010.
Alluding to Hasina, Goyeshwar said, "It's good that you are a supporter of India. But you'll have to disclose the deals you signed in India."
Felani was shot and killed at Anantapur in Phulbari upazila on Jan 7 while she was returning to Bangladesh with her father as her marriage had been settled with a local boy.
Pictures of Felani's body tangled in the barbed-wire fence along the border raised international outcry. Killings by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the border are an issue that often triggers controversy in politics.
Odhikar, a rights group, in a report said that a total of 74 Bangladeshis were killed and 72 others injured by the BSF in the past one year.
In Dec 2010, New York-based Human Rights Watch released a report titled 'Trigger Happy' alleging that the BSF was killing people with impunity on the Bangladesh-India border.
It alleged that over 900 people have been killed over the past 10 years along Bangladesh's border with West Bengal only.
THE ECONOMIST 'IS RIGHT'
Over the recent articles on the Awami League and Bangladesh politics published on the website of London-based magazine The Economist on Friday, Goyeshwar, a former state minister in 1991-06 term, said those were not false.
"What The Economist wrote is true. People know about the state of corruption."
Addressing the prime minister he said, "One day people will ask you for information on your son's income in the US."
Earlier, the globally acclaimed magazine in its July 30 edition in a report narrated the growing geopolitical interests of India that force the country to seek better relations closer home.
ACC HARASSMENT
Goyeshwar also questioned activities of the Anti-Corruption Commission.
"The organisation has been harassing politicians since the illegal regime of Fakhruddin-Moinuddin."
He claimed the corruption charges filed against party chairperson Khaleda Zia was false.
Threatening the ACC, he said, "It'd not be right to think that we'll sit idle when you're implementing the conspiracy of the government."
QAMRUL'S PHONE CALLS
Goyeshwar alleged that the state minister for law was interfering in the affairs of the judiciary, as "he speaks to the judges of lower courts every day".
He also called for checking Qamrul's call lists. "It's not his duty to talk to the judges."
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Roy also demanded details of all deals that have been signed or will be signed with India published, or else, he threatened to enforce a shutdown.
"The Indian government will have to apologise for the killing of Felani," he told a human-chain protest in front of the National Press Club on Saturday.
"We hope the Indian prime minister will apologise to the people of Bangladesh before his visit."
Singh is scheduled to fly down to Dhaka for a high-profile visit on Sept 6-7 when a number of contentious issues are expected to be settled.
The BNP policymaker demanded that the government disclose all the deals signed between the two nations during prime minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to India in Jan, 2010.
Alluding to Hasina, Goyeshwar said, "It's good that you are a supporter of India. But you'll have to disclose the deals you signed in India."
Felani was shot and killed at Anantapur in Phulbari upazila on Jan 7 while she was returning to Bangladesh with her father as her marriage had been settled with a local boy.
Pictures of Felani's body tangled in the barbed-wire fence along the border raised international outcry. Killings by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the border are an issue that often triggers controversy in politics.
Odhikar, a rights group, in a report said that a total of 74 Bangladeshis were killed and 72 others injured by the BSF in the past one year.
In Dec 2010, New York-based Human Rights Watch released a report titled 'Trigger Happy' alleging that the BSF was killing people with impunity on the Bangladesh-India border.
It alleged that over 900 people have been killed over the past 10 years along Bangladesh's border with West Bengal only.
THE ECONOMIST 'IS RIGHT'
Over the recent articles on the Awami League and Bangladesh politics published on the website of London-based magazine The Economist on Friday, Goyeshwar, a former state minister in 1991-06 term, said those were not false.
"What The Economist wrote is true. People know about the state of corruption."
Addressing the prime minister he said, "One day people will ask you for information on your son's income in the US."
Earlier, the globally acclaimed magazine in its July 30 edition in a report narrated the growing geopolitical interests of India that force the country to seek better relations closer home.
ACC HARASSMENT
Goyeshwar also questioned activities of the Anti-Corruption Commission.
"The organisation has been harassing politicians since the illegal regime of Fakhruddin-Moinuddin."
He claimed the corruption charges filed against party chairperson Khaleda Zia was false.
Threatening the ACC, he said, "It'd not be right to think that we'll sit idle when you're implementing the conspiracy of the government."
QAMRUL'S PHONE CALLS
Goyeshwar alleged that the state minister for law was interfering in the affairs of the judiciary, as "he speaks to the judges of lower courts every day".
He also called for checking Qamrul's call lists. "It's not his duty to talk to the judges."
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