BANGLADESH NEWS
Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia on Thursday visited Ajmer Sharif, the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, and prayed for Bangladesh and happiness and prosperity of the nation's people.
Her Press Secretary Maruf Kamal Khan said the BNP Chairperson and her entourage arrived at Ajmer Sharif around 1:15pm from Jaipur by road on Thursday, fifth day of her current visit to India.
After offering special prayer at the shrine, she wrote on the visitor's book there, "We need Rahmat of Allah and Doa of Kwaja Baba for Bangladesh and us."
She had started for Ajmer Sharif around 10am in the morning.
BNP Standing Committee Member Tariqul Islam, her Advisors Riaz Rahman and Sabih Uddin Ahmed, BNP Vice-Chairman Shamser Mobin Chowdhury, and former MPs Khaleda Rabbani and Mosaddek Ali Falu were also among those accompanying her during the visit.
The shrine's chief Khadem and others received the opposition leader as she reached there.
She left back for Jaipur from the shrine.
Khaleda reached Jaipur, capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan, on Wednesday afternoon from New Delhi. She spent the night at Hotel Rambagh Palace.
She kicked off her seven-day India tour on Sunday on invitation of the Indian government with a nine-strong delegation accompanying her.
With only a year to the parliamentary elections, the BNP considers the visit 'very significant' while India says it 'is part of their engagement with Bangladesh's democratic and multiparty polity'.
She met Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and National Security Advisor Shibshankar Menon on Tuesday. She has already met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Opposition Leader in Indian Parliament Sushma Swaraj.
Khaleda will return on Nov 3, according to Maruf Kamal Khan.
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