Bangladesh- A good friend-Lets conclude with that!

I read somewhere that Begum Khalida said “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sold Bangladesh to India through MOU signed in February 2010 “To me these statements will encourage hatred among people of both side and the need of the hour is spreading love and peace not hatred. How can a country be sold by a prime minister and how can Islam be in danger in a country with 90% muslim population?
In this regard, hats off to sheikh Hasina who has left no stone unturned in building this relation not only with the assurance in fighting terrorism, organized crime and drug trafficking but also have put it in paper in the form of MOU. She also assured India that she would not allow Bangladesh to be used as a base for terrorist activities against India. And she did prove that in action also, by handing over the ULFA Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa to the BSF in Tripura. By this it gave a crippled blow to the banned organization. These organizations cross over into Bangladesh to plan and carry out their operations against the North Eastern states of India.
The MOU in question has advantage to both the countries like for India it is the access to Chittagong and other ports for economical movement of goods, a clear understanding that any anti terrorist activity will not be encouraged in Bangladesh, train services will also be started between the two countries for easy movement of goods. And for Bangladesh the gains are, it will be the first country to receive a billion dollar credit from India for its infrastructure development,250 MW power supply from India, the proposed Tipaimukh Dam to be made without harming Bangladesh’s interest. Though, Bangladeshi’s remain grateful to India for creation of their country, but still there are sections of people who believe that India has some selfish motive in extending the friendship hand towards them. But, India’s growing economy, large and vibrant strategies, and its friendly foreign policies has given us more allies than enemies and Bangladesh is no exceptional. In fact, India is the fourth largest economy in the world and its growth rate also ranks second in the world, so Bangladesh being the immediate neighbor should take the utmost advantage to share this success and by joining hands can create thousands of job and can make it a pillar for their economic growth also.
Having said the above advantages on both the sides we are still having baseless ill-feelings against each other and have named them certain issues like the problematic Farakka Barage, the proposed Tipaimukh Dam, the disputed Talpatty Island and the corridor for Bangladesh in India. But the surprising fact is even the educated and enlightened people are also prejudiced, though we should always remember that Initially we were one country and hence by and large the culture, way of thinking, practices etc are all same between us , so how can we be different just by the boundaries ? People of both the sides should remember that it is for the betterment that we stay friends forever and we sincerely hope and pray that Bangladesh does not become another Pakistan…
Apart from being sentimental reasons to be together we can also see the practical reasons : Whether it is Debt assistance, electricity supply or infrastructure development of Bangladesh, India is taking a proactive step to build beneficial long term relationship because for India it is matter of safeguarding its Eastern Border…..