Padma Bridge
Suranjit for self financing
Awami League Advisory Council member and minister without portfolio Suranjit Sengupta yesterday said the Padma bridge would be constructed with own financing of the country, if required.
"Besides, Bangalees will not yield to prescription of any controversial agency in the work of the bridge," the minister said while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion in the capital.
Suranjit said, "We have to construct the Padma bridge for the sake of our socio-economic necessity and there is no alternative to it."
Bangabandhu Nagorik Sanghati Parishad held the discussion on "In the world democratic system, election is held under the elected government" at the auditorium of Dhaka Reporters Unity marking its seventh founding anniversary.
Pointing at the opposition, Suranjit said, "Everybody wants that you would extend support to the government on an issue of national importance like Padma bridge for the people's sake. Instead, it is not desirable that you are nodding for implementation of the agenda of a foreign agency."
Referring to an article of Vice-Chancellor of Brac University Prof Jamilur Reza Choudhury, Suranjit said in his article Prof Reza mentioned that there was no corruption in the Padma bridge. Rather, he said the World Bank was upset of Bangladesh as a Chinese company was not allowed to indulge in corruption.
He alleged that the WB has been playing tricks in many ways to put someone special in the limelight through implementation of its hidden agenda as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had given priority on investment in two sectors by ignoring its prescription to construct roads closing the railway and river way.
Turning to the report of the New York-based Human Rights Watch, Suranjit said, "It was nothing but interference into the country's internal affairs and that its suggestion regarding the dismantling of the RAB was unacceptable and tantamount to audacious attitude."
Dhaka City Awami League General Secretary Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, Publicity Secretary Abdul Huq Sabuj and Principal Md Abdul Halim also spoke.
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