From: Mohd. Haque <haquetm83@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 5:14 PM
Subject: [bangla-vision] One billion dollar Indian Loan to Bangladesh
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Cc: reform-bd@yahoogroups.com, bangla-vision@yahoogroups.com
One billion dollar loan from India has impeccably divided the nation. In one side clearly the so called pro-liberation, Shadhinotar pokhyer, alias Awami League, Jatiyo Party and another 12 parties and on the other side the so called anti liberation, jamaat and two other parties. One side is saying their prayer raising their joint palms touching forehead praising their secular god and His blessing through India – the friend, savior and rescuer to offer the biggest financial package ever given to take the Bangladesh into prosperity.
Other side is simply riling on the whole package of incentive that only invest, employ and facilitate the lenders fundamental interests go beyond the economic and financial means.
Who is right?
Turkey signed an MOU during Abdallah Gul's recent visit to Bangladesh, a One billion dollar offer, most of the AL doctrine media refuses to spread the news. We know the multilateral or bilateral donors committed pipe line package stacked with billion of dollars remains unutilized for need of earnestness from the part of the government or good governance. That could have built our Railway, road or transport net works, port and more interestingly the crippled power sectors. There is no dearth of money. But then why with such a fun fare and extra enthusiasm drumming up of this deal signing in lightning speed!
Infrastructure development that sets the centre stage of the whole package is to be mainly intended for lenders own interests in their own country, the troubled and difficult –eastern part. To facilitate their own cargo, one should not loose sight of barrier created for our own indigenous(not quite in their definition of quality and origin except environmentally hazards produce like 'brick') product to their land, cement, rod, glass, garment, cosmetics, toiletries already faced with no entry.
It would have been better to meet the Indian demands in economic terms by upgrading our own infrastructure in our own terms, from variety of cheaper sources, that too to cater not only India but whole region in competitive economic terms and perspective. Our investment would have been more productive and facilities more beneficials.
Another aspect of this deal is, nothing from, what AL, with all their cultural, political, economic and personal submission to their long proven mentor's utter discomfort, yet expected under the popular demand a little gesture as reciprocate to their total submission and services one after another. Not even a single one, expect the same promise of – 'looking', 'considering', 'in the next meeting'.
These hollow promises make great value to our so called pro liberation forces because they think because of India we have our liberation today. Even our Sector Commanders, Muktijodhya Shanksod and the whole bunch of cultural workers, who always keep them ready to offer yet more, in their quest for happiness and gratefulness!
It reminds me of today's British politics and its total submission to USA. – submitting to US pressure has become so ingrained in British politicians that they have lost all capacity to think for themselves. What ever enthusiasm is created by the new coalition government of David Cameron he proved to be even no worse then Tony Blair – re-writing British history in America's favor as he recalled how Britain had been 'very much the junior partner' in 1940 when Britain and the US became united in the war against Nazi Germany. In fact, the United States had not even entered World War II at that stage!
If this is the case for a nation like Britain, what on earth we should think of autonomous policies of our own for which millions of our people gave lives.
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Palash Biswas
Pl Read:
http://nandigramunited-banga.blogspot.com/
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