Congress against tri-Nation Forum plan

 

COOCH BEHAR, Feb. 13: The Congress came down heavily on the objectives of the 12-day tri-Nation rally that was concluded at Changrabandha in Cooch Behar on Tuesday. It was organised by India-Bangladesh-Pakistan People's Forum.

 

Condemning the lectures delivered by the chairman of the tri-Nation Forum, Mr Debabrata Biswas (MP) and others, the president of Cooch Behar District Congress Mr Shyamal Choudhury said, "We learnt that the Forum leaders called upon people for uprooting of the pillars of the barbed wire fencing along the Indo-Bangladesh border. We think it is nothing but an act of treason. Before talking about abolishing of the border the Forum leaders should convince the governments of Bangladesh and Pakistan about the non-necessity of the border."

 

Mr Choudhury believes violent clash may occur if anyone tries to uproot pillars along the International border or damage the fencing. The Border Security Force will not remain a silent spectator. In that case who will bear the responsibility of any loss of life, he questioned. Will the Forum leaders wash off their hands by organising a few protest rallies condemning BSF firing on innocent people? Mr Biswas is a responsible member of the Parliament and so he should not utter anything that goes against our motherland's interest, he opined.

 

The senior Congress leader said Pakistan is still allocating a huge amount in defence budget. Thousands of people had to die after the partition of India. A number of wars were happened among the three countries. And now, members of a Forum are saying of uprooting border pillars and to facilitate easy movement of people in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan as people can do to go to Bhutan and Nepal. "We cannot agree with the proposals of the so-called Forum and we like to condemn their plan", Mr Choudhury said. It will certainly create disturbance in this region, he opined. []