Weeks after attacking the government for "selling out" to India, Bangladesh's main opposition party BNP has said it too wanted good relations with New Delhi in a manner that would "benefit both countries".
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Khaleda Zia said this as she met the newly appointed Indian high commissioner in Dhaka Rajeet Mitter, who called on her last evening.
"We want to build the bilateral ties in manner which can benefit both the countries," Zia was quoted as having told Mitter by a BNP spokesman after the envoy had nearly hour-long talks with her at her Gulshan office last night.
The spokesman said Zia assured Mitter of extending all cooperation during his stay in Bangladesh.
The opposition leader's comments came after she had a heated exchange with the government following prime minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to New Delhi last month.
The BNP had said that Hasina has "sold out" the country by signing three agreements and two protocols with India that they claimed comprised national interest.
Zia also expressed apprehension that her archrival had reached a "secret deal" during her maiden New Delhi visit.
Hasina dismissed the allegations in the parliament, saying: "the question of signing any secret deal doesn't arise at all (and) if the opposition knows anything about it, let them make it public".
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