Three-country rally ends at Changrabandha

 

COOCH BEHAR, Feb. 12: The 12-day three-country rally organised by India-Bangladesh-Pakistan People's Forum ended at Changrabandha of Mekhliganj today and a large gathering was held there on the occasion today. The rally started from Ghojadanga in Uttar 24-parganas on 1 February.

 

Chairman of the tri-country forum, Mr Debabrata Biswas (MP), state food and supplies minister Mr Paresh Adhikary, Cooch Behar MP (Lok Sabha) Mr Hiten Barman and Md Mehboob Alam of Bangladesh spoke on the occasion.

 

At the gathering held at the Bazarer Math in Changrabandha, Mr Biswas and other speakers demanded simplification of passport and visa issuing system. They argued that as the two neighbouring countries – India and Bangladesh – have common language and bear the same cultural heritage there should not be any barbed wire fencing along the border. The people of both countries should be allowed to visit the neighbouring country without any difficulty as they used to do before partition, they speakers argued.

 

When the people of two Germanys can unite then why not the people of India and Bangladesh be able to come closer, questioned Mr Biswas. Md Alam too opined against the laying of barbed wire fencing to divide the people of neighbouring countries. []