BNP to miss JS bus for Tipai
The parliamentary delegation finally is going to India to visit the proposed Tipaimukh dam site without having any representative from the main opposition BNP.
Abdur Razzaq who is leading the 10-member delegation yesterday brought allegations against BNP for 'not cooperating' with the government by sending names of two lawmakers of the party for the delegation.
BNP, however, blamed ruling Awami League for not inclusion of the names of five water experts as per their demand.
"The parliamentary standing committee on water resources ministry does not have any representative from BNP. We have requested the party to send names of its two lawmakers but they did not cooperate with us taking the issue politically," Abdur Razzaq, also chairman of the parliamentary committee, told the BBC.
The delegation will leave Dhaka for India on July 29 to preliminary asses the possible impact on Bangladesh if the proposed dam is built. The team is scheduled to return here on August 3.
The State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hasan Mahmud also brought allegations against BNP for not cooperating with the government.
Zainul Abdin Farroque, opposition chief whip, yesterday told the BBC that BNP did not send their lawmakers' name as the water experts from BNP side have not been included in the delegation.
Razzaq refuted Farroque's allegation saying, besides experts from Joint River Commission, a neutral water expert has been included in the 10-member delegation.
He said Hamidur Rahman Azad from Jamaat-e-Islami has been included in the list of the delegation. But Hamidur told the BBC that his visit with the delegation is uncertain as he is sick.
Talking to reporters at his office, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hasan Maumud said BNP is trying to make the Tipaimikh issue as 'political issue' though it is a national issue.
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