Staff Reporter:
India wants to establish supremacy in Bangladesh creating a smoke scene in the name of religious persecution, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said on Friday.
“India doesn’t like the government that the Bangladeshi people want here. It means India wants to materialise its absolute supremacy in Bangladesh by creating a smoke scene over communalism,” he said.
While addressing an event in Gulshan area of Dhaka, Rizvi said that India took an anti-Bangladesh stance against the backdrop of the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government.
“India belongs to a hegemonic mentality and thus there is no alternative but to sever relations with the neighbouring country,” he said adding that Bangladeshis will not continue trade with India in future if it does not stay aside from its position.
Rizvi also strongly criticized India as it believes that Bangladeshis will starve if it stops exporting garlic, ginger, onions, and other food items.
UNB Ads: He observed that Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Pakistan are no longer aligned with India due to its hateful and malicious approach. “Bangladesh is also not with you. This is solely because of your arrogance and the exploitative attitude you continue to demonstrate,” Rizvi said.
He said Bangladesh is a self-sufficient nation, which achieved its independence through the sacrifice of three million lives and the loss of dignity of 200,000 women.
“Can you suppress this country of 18-19 crore people by simply frowning your eyes and frightening us with false propaganda? What has happened to you that you have suddenly started desperately spreading propaganda against Bangladesh?” the BNP leader asked.
Before August 5, he said, a despised government under Sheikh Hasina was in power in Bangladesh, one that did not hesitate to kill children in the country to cling to power.
“They did not hesitate to make their own people, who love democracy, disappear forever. They used to kill people along the rivers and canals through crossfire. Why was that Hasina government so dear to you? Because, with your provocation, Sheikh Hasina did whatever she wanted in this country,” Rizvi added.
He mentioned that India may think the people of Bangladesh would face great problems if it stopped exporting onions, garlic, ginger, and soybean oil.
“Don’t forget, the people of Bangladesh are hardworking and they know how to produce onions, garlic, and ginger themselves. You think you are the only country in the world. Are there no other countries from which we can import onions, garlic, and oil?” Rizvi said.
He also reminded India that the people of Bangladesh had built cattle and goat farms in every village and slaughtered 1.20 crore cattle in a single Eid, following India’s cessation of cattle exports for five to six years.
The BNP leader said that shopkeepers at Kolkata’s New Market and other areas, along with hospitals there, are facing difficulties as India has stopped issuing visas to Bangladeshis.
“You have stopped issuing visas, thinking that the people of Bangladesh would become restless. The people of Bangladesh are happy. If necessary, they will go to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, or any other country. People do not want to go to a country like India, which harbours a hatred towards us,” he said.
The BNP leader also criticised Indian Republic Bangla TV for claiming that Chattogram was part of India, warning that Bangladesh would also claim ownership of areas such as Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa, once ruled by Muslim Nawabs.
