BNP Secretary General Khandaker Dalwar Hossain yesterday demanded a clear statement from the government on the allegation of Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakrabarti at a seminar that a large number of Bangladeshis who enter India every year with valid paper do not come back.
Opposition Chief Whip Joynal Abedin Farruque yesterday demanded immediate withdrawal of Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty from Bangladeshas well as resignation of Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni.
Awami League spokesperson Syed Ashraful Islam, rejecting BNP's demands to take action against Indian high commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, said Thursday that the envoy did not overstep diplomatic norms in remarks about the Tipaimukh dam.
The BNP Parliamentary Party today demanded immediate withdrawal of Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty for his objectionable comment on water experts of Bangladesh.
Tauhidul Anwar Khan, a veteran water expert of the country and former executive member of Joint Rivers Commission and DG of Water Resources Planning Organisation, has contested and rebuffed Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty's contention on Ganges water sharing and construction of Tipaimukh dam as well as derogatory remarks about Bangladeshi water experts.
Indian high commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty has said his country had consulted Bangladesh over the construction of the controversial Tipaimukh dam on the Barak river. He says there is no international law that could stop India from implementing the Tipaimukh dam, perceived to wreak huge environmental disaster on Bangladesh.
Sylhet Division Development Action Council (SDDAC) yesterday demanded removal of Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakrabarti for his controversial speech on Tipaimukh dam issue against the interest of Bangladesh.
The Indian high commissioner has admitted for the first time that a dam will be built on the proposed Tipaimukh hydropower project over the cross-boundary river Barak but said it will not harm Bangladesh.
