Rizbi says deal with India will be betrayal

Staff Reporter:BNP senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed on Friday morning said, a security or military deal with India will be betrayal to Bangladesh and its people.

�People will thwart such anti-state deal,� Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed said today in a press briefing held at the party�s Nayapaltan office.

He was mentioning to the upcoming India tour of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, where, according to reports, the two countries will sign security and military agreements.

�There have been newspaper reports that India is appealing Bangladesh in with words of Teesta deal and instead will try to sign the India-Bangladesh military deal,� Rizvi said.

�Such a deal will threaten the sovereignty of Bangladesh,� he added.