“I did not read it”
Opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia rejected the success of prime minister's India visit, calling the joint communiqué signed between the two neighbours as the document of sale-out of Bangladesh to India. She smelt the failure even before the visit started on the ground and warned the Hasina government not to sign any deal with this neighbour. However, while the signing ceremony was over and the joint communiqué was made public her party sharply reacted, accusing this govt. of signing a sell-out document and threatened to go for an agitation programme against this government taking the public with her.
In the press conference the pressmen were taking note of her official reaction to the visit.
An over enthusiastic newsman asked an usual question "Madam, which clauses embodied in the agreements are (according to you) against the interest of the nation?” She quickly replied "I did not read it". Should we expect such a reply from the leader of the opposition, who was twice our prime minister, and at present leader of the opposition and the chief of the second largest political party in the country?
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