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Dhaka, Apr 1 Two senior BNP leaders have demanded that full text of the maritime boundary dispute case verdict be made public.
"Why we shouldn't get control of blocks in the Bay of Bengal if we have won the dispute with Myanmar? We believe the government campaign over winning the sea limits case is a trick to deceive people," said party's acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at a discussion on Sunday.
"We urge the government to make the sea limits verdict public. Please don't confuse people by telling lies," said the opposition spokesman and mentioned that Myanmar is also celebrating the verdict.
Alamgir was speaking at a Swadhinota Forum-organised discussion to mark its 19th founding anniversary at Diploma Engineers Institute.
Addressing another discussion at the same venue, BNP's standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said, "Bangladesh had been demanding resolution of the problem over sea limits based on equity, while Myanmar sought a settlement based on the principle of equi-distance. And the international court based its verdict on equi-distance theory."
Echoing Alamgir's demand of making the full verdict public, he said, "We believe Bangladesh lost the case as the verdict was not equity-based. The government move to organise a festival to celebrate the victory is aimed at misguiding people."
The opposition leaders, however, did not produce any document to support their contention.
After the verdict though, the opposition party, including its chief Khaleda Zia, had congratulated the government both in and outside parliament over the victory.
Alamgir also criticised the government's foreign policy, as "the country's economy is becoming dependant, killing along the border is continuing uninterrupted and India is building dams over rivers unilaterally".
Regarding corruption in quick rental power plant, he said, "On one hand, those in the government are filling their pockets by siphoning off money from Tk 20,000-crore subsidy to the sector, and on the other, they are increasing power tariff in phases."
He also urged the government to act wisely by ensuring that the next parliamentary election is held under a non-party caretaker government.
"Why we shouldn't get control of blocks in the Bay of Bengal if we have won the dispute with Myanmar? We believe the government campaign over winning the sea limits case is a trick to deceive people," said party's acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at a discussion on Sunday.
"We urge the government to make the sea limits verdict public. Please don't confuse people by telling lies," said the opposition spokesman and mentioned that Myanmar is also celebrating the verdict.
Alamgir was speaking at a Swadhinota Forum-organised discussion to mark its 19th founding anniversary at Diploma Engineers Institute.
Addressing another discussion at the same venue, BNP's standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said, "Bangladesh had been demanding resolution of the problem over sea limits based on equity, while Myanmar sought a settlement based on the principle of equi-distance. And the international court based its verdict on equi-distance theory."
Echoing Alamgir's demand of making the full verdict public, he said, "We believe Bangladesh lost the case as the verdict was not equity-based. The government move to organise a festival to celebrate the victory is aimed at misguiding people."
The opposition leaders, however, did not produce any document to support their contention.
After the verdict though, the opposition party, including its chief Khaleda Zia, had congratulated the government both in and outside parliament over the victory.
Alamgir also criticised the government's foreign policy, as "the country's economy is becoming dependant, killing along the border is continuing uninterrupted and India is building dams over rivers unilaterally".
Regarding corruption in quick rental power plant, he said, "On one hand, those in the government are filling their pockets by siphoning off money from Tk 20,000-crore subsidy to the sector, and on the other, they are increasing power tariff in phases."
He also urged the government to act wisely by ensuring that the next parliamentary election is held under a non-party caretaker government.
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