Former industries minister Dilip Barua has recently said the people of Bangladesh have to stand united to protest against India’s West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s “conspiracy” against the Teesta water-sharing issue.
He said it was Bangladesh’s legal right to have a fair share of the Teesta’s water.
The former minister made this speech at a meeting at a school premises under the Dimla upazila of the district on April 24.
The Communist Party of Bangladesh’s Nilphamari district unit hosted the programme which was presided over by its Secretary Dr Mostafizur Rahman Sabuz.
In his address as the chief guest, Dilip Barua said the Teesta’s water is the lifeblood of Bangladesh’s economy and transportation in the northern regions.
He added that according to a decision on Teesta water sharing in July, 1983, Bangladesh was supposed to get 36% of the water, India would get 39% and the remaining 25% would be preserved, but this was violated.
On September 06, 2011, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Bangladesh and was supposed to strike a deal regarding the sharing of the Teesta’s water. The plan was foiled because of Mamata Banerjee’s conspiracy, he said.
The meeting was attended by the party’s politburo members Lutfar Rahman, Babul Biswas and Saimum Haque, as well as many others.