Hasina in Kolkata for cricket today, to meet Mamata
Kolkata: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee are likely to hold a brief one on one meeting on the sidelines of the India-Bangladesh cricket test match on Friday. According to sources in the Bangladesh Prime Minister’s office, both the leaders will be present during the match and the felicitation ceremony.
Kolkata, Nov. 21: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a brief one on one meeting on the sidelines of the IndiaBangladesh cricket test match here on Friday.
Ms Banerjee told reporters in the city on Thursday that there will be a courtesy meeting between Hasina and her at 6 pm on Friday at the hotel where the Bangladesh Premier will be staying.
“Tomorrow Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be coming to the city to watch the day and night IndiaBangladesh cricket test match. Apart from being present at the grounds during the inauguration and felicitation programme, we (Hasina and herself) will also have a one on one courtsey meeting at 6 pm on Friday,” Ms Banerjee said.
According to sources in the Bangladesh Prime Minister’s office, both the leaders will be present during the match and the felicitation ceremony.
Ms Hasina and Banerjee share a very cordial relation and have mutual respect for each other, the sources said.
The Bangladesh premier will watch the day and night cricket test match between India and
Bangladesh in Kolkata on Friday, the ministry of external affairs had said on Thursday.
The agenda of the meeting was not disclosed neither by the CMO nor by the Bangladesh Prime Minister’s office.
It is also not known whether the issue of Teesta water agreement
that both New Delhi and Dhaka are keen to seal since September 2011, will be discussed by the two leaders.
Ms Banerjee, who is a key stakeholder in the issue as she is at the helm in West Bengal, has been opposed to the agreement as she maintains that it will affect the people of the state.
The Teesta water agreement was to be signed during the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Bangladesh in September 2011.
It was postponed due to objections raised by Banerjee, who had also dropped out of the prime ministerial delegation.