'Indian militants still based in B'desh'
Agartala, Sep 9 (bdnews24.com)—The chief minister of Tripura claims
that insurgents of the northeastern Indian region still have bases in
Bangladesh and that prime minister Sheikh Hasina has promised actions
against the militants if information and evidence can be made
available.
Manik Sarkar was responding to a query on the issue of insurgents of the northeastern region using Bangladeshi soil at a press conference on Friday.
According to him, at a discussion in Dhaka recently on the existence of camps of militants in Bangladesh territory, Sheikh Hasina promptly sought papers and information about the locations of insurgents' bases in that country.
Sarkar formed part of the team that accompanied Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh during his two-day visit to Dhaka on Sept 6-7.
The chief minister informed that the number of camps of Tripura-focussed militant in Bangladesh has come down, and at present there are around 20 camps.
Sarkar added that Bangladesh has showed positive signs on its operations against the Northeast India militants, as Sheikh Hasina has made the Bangladesh's stand clear that not a single inch of its territory would be allowed for anti-India activities.
He went on to add that Bangladesh businesses and investors have shown interest in investing in India, particularly in the northeast region.
However, Sarkar added that due to some present laws of Bangladesh, the investors have some constrains in investing in India, "but that matter has been brought before the reevant department of Bangladesh and hopefully the matter will be sorted out soon".
Sarkar said the Indian prime minister's recent visit would help strengthen the bilateral ties between the two countries because the attitude of both the countries was very positive in solving pending issues like border disputes, barbed wire border fencing, and tariff and non-tariff barriers.
He informed that in return of Bangladesh allowing transit to heavy machineries for setting up of the 726MW thermal power project at Palatana, Tripura was ready to offer 100MW of electricity to Bangladesh.
He also proposed for a power grid line to transmit power from Tripura to mainland India through Bangladesh, which would not only save money but also power that is lost during long-distance transmission.
Sarkar said this was just the start, and hoped that in the coming days, other important issues like river water sharing, transit and extradition treaty and use of sea ports would also be solved through discussions, as both sides were seriously studying the matters.
Manik Sarkar was responding to a query on the issue of insurgents of the northeastern region using Bangladeshi soil at a press conference on Friday.
According to him, at a discussion in Dhaka recently on the existence of camps of militants in Bangladesh territory, Sheikh Hasina promptly sought papers and information about the locations of insurgents' bases in that country.
Sarkar formed part of the team that accompanied Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh during his two-day visit to Dhaka on Sept 6-7.
The chief minister informed that the number of camps of Tripura-focussed militant in Bangladesh has come down, and at present there are around 20 camps.
Sarkar added that Bangladesh has showed positive signs on its operations against the Northeast India militants, as Sheikh Hasina has made the Bangladesh's stand clear that not a single inch of its territory would be allowed for anti-India activities.
He went on to add that Bangladesh businesses and investors have shown interest in investing in India, particularly in the northeast region.
However, Sarkar added that due to some present laws of Bangladesh, the investors have some constrains in investing in India, "but that matter has been brought before the reevant department of Bangladesh and hopefully the matter will be sorted out soon".
Sarkar said the Indian prime minister's recent visit would help strengthen the bilateral ties between the two countries because the attitude of both the countries was very positive in solving pending issues like border disputes, barbed wire border fencing, and tariff and non-tariff barriers.
He informed that in return of Bangladesh allowing transit to heavy machineries for setting up of the 726MW thermal power project at Palatana, Tripura was ready to offer 100MW of electricity to Bangladesh.
He also proposed for a power grid line to transmit power from Tripura to mainland India through Bangladesh, which would not only save money but also power that is lost during long-distance transmission.
Sarkar said this was just the start, and hoped that in the coming days, other important issues like river water sharing, transit and extradition treaty and use of sea ports would also be solved through discussions, as both sides were seriously studying the matters.
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