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Indian PM Modi to meet BNP chief Khaleda during Bangladesh visit

PurbashaBD24 : 06/06/2015

Modi-KhaledaNews Desk : Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar at a news conference on Friday in New Delhi dubbed the two-day visit “historic”.

Modi is scheduled to reach Dhaka on Saturday.

Jaishankar said the prime minister would visit Dhakeshwari National Temple and Ramkrishna Mission before going to the Indian High Commission’s New Chancery Complex at Baridhara.

He will meet President Md Abdul Hamid and attend lunch before returning to Pan Pacific Sonargaon, where he will be staying.

After that, Modi will receive several important Bangladeshi political and business leaders.

“They will include Leader of the Opposition Raushon Ershed, former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia, presidents of the leading chambers of commerce and industry, and leaders of the Left parties,” Jaishankar added.

On Friday night, Khaleda’s adviser Sabih Uddin Ahmed confirmed bdnews24.com the BNP chief will go to see Modi.

She had skirted a meeting with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee in 2013 during his Dhaka visit, citing security issues.

The BNP chairperson, accompanied by senior party leaders, will meet Modi at his hotel at 4pm on Sunday, Ahmed said.

The party that often plays anti-India cards has apparently changed its approach and is trying to get close to Modi.

Party chief Khaleda had congratulated Modi last year even before the official election results were out.

She also thanked the Modi government after the Indian Parliament ratified the Land Boundary Agreement for implementation last month to exchange enclaves with Bangladesh.

Ahead of Modi’s visit, BNP spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon said his party never harboured anti-India sentiments.

“We never pursued anti-Indian politics in the past, nor are we doing so now, and will never do so in future,” he said.

 




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