�Hasina supports India for making country desert�

Staff Reporter:Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday said, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina supports India for making country desert.

Rizbi made this remark while speaking in a press briefing in BNP central office, Naya Paltan.

Rizvi also said as a democratic country India should give priority to the sentiment of Bangladesh people regarding defense deal between the two countries.

Inking any military deal with India would go against the independence of Bangladesh, Rizvi said.

Addressing a press conference at party�s central office at Nayapaltan in the city Rizvi said, �The government is doing business in the name of spirit of independence.�