The incumbent government is reviewing 101 memorandums of understanding signed between Bangladesh and India, chief whip of the Jatiya Sangsad Nurul Islam Moni said on Friday.
‘You will know the outcome of the review very soon,’ he told journalists at a post-session press conference at the Jatiya Sangsad Media Centre.
Earlier at the press conference, Moni accused the ousted Awami League government of compromising Bangladesh’s national interests by favouring a friendly country, without naming India.
‘When our country’s ships arrived at Chittagong Port, ships from a friendly country used to be unloaded before ours. Ships from that friendly country entered the port before our ships could berth,’ he said.
He also alleged that goods-laden vehicles from that country were allowed to use Bangladesh’s roads free of charge.
‘Goods-laden vehicles from that country used to ply over our roads free of charge, even though we are having to repay the loans taken to build those roads,’ he said.
During the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government in 2015, Bangladesh and India signed a memorandum of understanding to facilitate the movement of goods to and from India through the Chattogram and Mongla ports.
The agreement provided India with access to Bangladesh’s ports for the movement of goods, with the stated aim of facilitating transit and strengthening connectivity between the two countries.
