The Students’ Movement Against Discrimination on Tuesday said that India will not be given minimum concession on the question of the country’s sovereignty and integrity.
The platform, which led the student-people movement in July and August, made the remark following a meeting with the chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.
Yunus organised the meeting as part of a series of dialogue on establishing national unity while he is scheduled to sit with major political parties and religious leaders on Wednesday.
After the meeting, students’ movement convener Hasnat Abdullah said that India sees Bangladesh through the eyes of Awami League.
‘On the basis of national unity, the Awami government fell on August 5. We must hold on to that unity. India must spread correct information instead of misinformation,’ he said.
He said that as many uneven agreements have reportedly been made, there has been a demand to disclose all the secret agreements with India.
At the same time, it has been demanded to publish the information of all killings at the borders, including Felani Khatun who was gunned down by the Indian Border Security Force in January 7, 2011.
Hasnat said that India was spreading the poison of communalism.
‘The Student Movement Against Discrimination will cooperate with the interim government in the need of national unity,’ he said.
Earlier on the day, at a press conference at Foreign Service Academy, chief adviser’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam said that Muhammad Yunus has begun dialogues with student leaders, politicians and religious leaders to call for a national unity.
Accordingly, the chief adviser on Tuesday held a meeting with student leaders, he said, adding that Prof Yunus has invited the leaders of major political parties on Wednesday to take part in the dialogue.
‘The main aim of the two meetings is forging national unity. He will call for national unity,’ Alam added.
He said that the chief adviser was holding a meeting with the student leaders on Tuesday evening at the state guest house Jamuna.
About the importance of the national unity, the press secretary said the unity is very important now as the Indian media is deliberately carrying out a misinformation campaign against Bangladesh.
‘We must resist the misinformation campaign unitedly,’ he added.
He said, many media, especially Indian ones, are spreading misinformation. National unity is very important in this context.
‘We will put the blame on the Indian media. They are spreading news without verifying it, due to which the Indian people are getting angry. The Indian media is trying to put our nation on the shelf,’ he said, adding that the government has spoken to many renowned media outlets around the world, but the Indian media is spreading pre-determined reports.
Alam said that Professor Yunus had a conversation with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi at the end of August and, at that time, the chief advisor had requested the Indian prime minister to send a representative to visit the ground.
‘We have repeatedly given information from our side. They are taking information from their preferred sources. We want to tell everything openly in all cases. But if you close your eyes, ears and nose, you will not know the truth. India is pretending not to hear it,’ he said.
However, these rumours and false information are being dealt with according to diplomatic procedures, the press secretary said.
CA’s deputy press secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder and Apurba Jahangir were also present at the press conference.
