鈥楴o alternative to strong Bangladesh-India聽good ties鈥�
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus said that a fugitive party was making every effort to unsettle Bangladesh.
鈥楢 fugitive party has left the country, or its leadership is no longer here. They are making every effort to destabilise the situation [law and order],鈥� he told BBC Bangla in an interview published on Monday.
Highlighting historical close ties, Professor Yunus said that there was no alternative to maintaining a good聽 relationship between Bangladesh and India, as there had been some clouds in the relations that mainly came through propaganda.
When asked whether there was any possibility of independence and sovereignty being at risk, citing the army chief鈥檚 recent statement that Bangladesh鈥檚 independence and sovereignty could be threatened if everyone could not work together, he said that the risk always existed. 鈥楾his threat is constant鈥攊t exists at every moment, in every place.鈥�
Replying to another question whether he was referring to the ousted Awami League as the threat, Yunus said that he referred completely.
鈥楾hat is obvious! They are frequently making announcements, giving speeches, addressing the public. We all hear it. People are getting agitated. They are making public addresses, calling on people to rise, to take action. They are announcing programmes鈥攈artals, protests and so on,鈥� he continued.
鈥楬ow do you think people will interpret this? Do you think everything will settle down peacefully just like that?鈥� asked the chief adviser.
About Bangladesh-India relationship, he said that some conflicts had been seen in the midway. These clouds mostly came through propaganda.
Yunus said that the relations between the two neighbours were in very good shape and there had been 鈥榥o deterioration鈥�.
The chief adviser said that he had always explained that the relations between Bangladesh and India were so deep, the relationship was in good shape then and it would remain good in the future.
鈥楾here is no alternative to maintain good relations between the two countries. The relationship between Bangladesh and India is historically, politically and economically are very close and they cannot deviate from this,鈥� he said.
Yunus spoke about the law and order situation, reforms and elections, the formation of a new student leadership party, and political developments during the nearly seven months of the interim government under his leadership.