Thanks to Mamata Banerjee
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Bangladesh should thank Mamata Banerjee for her stingy attitude towards Bangladesh because if it were not for her objection to Teesta water sharing agreement that she thought to be advantageous to Bangladesh, our government would have signed the dangerous transit agreement. Those who show childish alacrity for transit should read this statement that Jawaharlal Nehru made in response to the then Pakistan's request for road transit through India for easy communication between the two branches of Pakistan: “It is a strange demand from a peculiar country. A passage to go to their country through a foreign country. It is unprecedented.” Have India given us only 'Teen Bigha,' though we gave them a huge area of Berubari far back in 1974 to get that small strip of land? India grudged us only 16 miles road transit to Nepal but wants 600 miles transit from Bangladesh in the name of connectivity. Why blame them? Are not some of our intellectuals and ministers dancing to Indian schemer's tune? Can anybody harm us without our consent?
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