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Fostering North East India-Bangladesh ties through Assam Assembly delegations' visit

Kamal Uddin Mazumde *



To increase trade and communication between Bangladesh and the north-eastern states of India, a 32-member Assam parliamentary delegation landed in Bangladesh on November 19, 2022 for a five-day visit. The Assam Legislative Assembly's goodwill delegationto Bangladesh receiveda warm reception from Bangladesh both at the Akhaura border. The group is being led by Assam Legislative Assembly Speak. Biswajit Daimary.

Assam is one of the seven north-eastern Indian states. Assam State Legislative Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimari said that India will stand by Bangladesh in any danger.At the Akhaura International Immigration Checkpost in Brahmanbaria at 10 am on Saturday (November 19), he told the media reporters that India will stand by Bangladesh in any danger as India stood by Bangladesh in the Great War of Liberation.

Mentioning that the commercial relations between the two countries will be strengthened through the visit, the Speaker said that earlier people's livelihood in Assam was agriculture. Now business is the key. Youngsters think about business after completing their studies. The youth of Assam will get the commercial benefits of this visit. The delegation will pay a visit to the tomb of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Tungipara, Gopalganj, then meet with Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and take part in a dinner hosted by the minister.

They will go to the Pran Industrial Park on November 22 before travelling to Assam that same day through Alchaura. "The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Assam organized this informative visit. It is a study tour, he claims. They are curious about Bangladesh's development "According to media report, In order to further boost connectivity and trade with the Seven Sister States and with India as a whole, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina invited the seven chief ministers of India's northeast to visit Bangladesh during her visit to Delhi in September.

This visit may be a part of a larger initiative to increase connectivity and trade with northeast India.The Indian government has been improving the northeast's communication infrastructure as part of its Look East program. Recently, Indian politicians have praised Bangladesh for helping to maintain peace and security in the region by enforcing a zero-tolerance policy against militantsindia also connects the Asean nations, including Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, through the Seven Sisters.

Bangladesh has many potentials to increase commerce with northeastern India and subsequently open up access to the Asean nations because both India and Bangladesh have made progress in establishing connectivity through roads and railways. Bangladesh also permits India to transfer commodities between different parts of India by using the Chattogram and Mongla ports, which lowers the cost and speed of shipping.

Undoubtedly, there are tremendous opportunities for trade and connection between Bangladesh and northeast India. However, people from Bangladesh and Northeast India must raise awareness among businesses and the general public. The Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly Biswajit Daimari paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister at Ganabhaban on Sunday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that the import of fuel oil from India will start through the pipeline next year. She said, Bangladesh wants to import oil through a pipeline. Hopefully this process can be started next year. The 130 km long India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline (IBFPL) project aims to export oil products from India to Bangladesh. Apart from this, the Prime Minister also said that the border has between Bangladesh and India will be reopened in different parts of the border region due to the closure during the Corona period.

The relationship developed due to the visit of the representatives of the neighboring Indian states of Bangladesh is beneficial for our national interest. The 32 MLAs Dhaka visit will definitely speak in favor of Bangladesh in India. It will benefit Bangladesh.Parliamentarians from both India and Bangladesh should also visit the neighboring states continuously. It develops various relationships including trade.

Which is very positive. Work is going on to increase the bilateral relations between Assam and Bangladesh through various means. Apart from the visit of the delegation of the Legislative Assembly to Dhaka, the north-eastern state of India is going to open new doors of relations with Assam through Sylhet-Silchar festival In an attempt to celebrate the age-old people-to-people connect of the region, India Foundation proposes to organise the 1st Silchar- Sylhet Festival on December 2-4, 2022 in the city of Silchar, Assam.

There will be cultural & literary festival apart from business interaction during the three days. The aim of the festival is to revisit the common values and shared heritage of the twin cities and their people separated by international borders. The festival will also bring together eminent people from public and social life, industrialists, artists, scholars, and practitioners from both sides to discuss and deliberate on issues of mutual growth and opportunity.

In addition, the Festival will also provide a platform to explore multi-disciplinary trade opportunities in sectors such as healthcare, tourist, education, and digital infrastructure.The festival will improve interpersonal relationships and explore various business opportunities, including those involving borders and rivers. We are all excited about making the event a success.

This will benefit both Bangladesh and India. It will be attended by the Chief Ministers of Assam, Manipur and Meghalaya besides several ministers of Bangladesh and India. Members of Parliament and senior officials will also be present. Asa result of the festival, the connectivity of Dhaka with the north-eastern region of India will increase.Speed will come in business and investment.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited New Delhi in the first week of last September and invited the Chief Ministers of seven states of North-Eastern India to visit Dhaka. Although the chief ministers have not visited Dhaka so far, various issues of relations will be discussed through the Sylhet-Silchar festival and the Dhaka visit of 37 MLAs of the Assam Assembly.

The seven states in the northeastern region of India are Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.ft has a large border with Assam, Meghalaya and Greater Sylhet Division. Before 1947 Assam-Sylhet were together. After partition the two cities became separated. The Hasina and Modi governments are looking to create new areas for business and investment, including increasing connectivity between the two cities.

According to media reports, due to some steps taken by the present government, along with the central government of India, the North-Eastern states are quite relieved It is being accepted by India. Assam Chief Minister Hima. Biswa Sharma praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 'zero tolerance policy' against terrorism and separatism and said that Bangladesh has played an important role in countering terrorism in the region.

This will usher in a new chapter in Bangladesh's bilateral relations with Northeast India. Earlier, Jayant Narayan Chowdhury, former director general of India's NSG (National Security Guard), said the security challenges India faced in its northeastern region had been contained. According to stakeholders, Bangladesh and India have a cordial, complex and extensive relationship and partnership. Assam is one of the partners in this partnership.

Assam, the largest state in the northeastern region of India, shares a 263-km river and land border with Bangladesh. Trade with Bangladesh is very important for both sides considering its size, population and locationIndia's foreign minister. When S Jaishankar visited Dhaka in May 2020, Sheikh Hasina offered India the use of Chittagong port.

But India has not yet started using Pura Dastu. Once it starts, the connectivity of Bangladesh and North-Eastern region of India will be expanded. The policy makers of the two countries are of the opinion that most of the Bangladesh-India border is connected with the state of West Bengal. In terms of commercial activities, the people of Bangladesh have a special attraction with this Bengali-speaking region of India.

Similarly, if bilateral relations and trade between Bangladesh and Northeast India improve, the picture of the entire region will change. Meanwhile, in a joint venture between Numaligarh Refinery Limited and Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation, construction of a diesel pipeline from Numaligarh in Assam, Bangladesh and India to Parvatipur in Bangladesh is nearing completion.

In the meantime, diesel is coming from West Bengal's Siliguri to Parvatipur by wagon. Overall, both counties will benefit from improved communication and trade relations between Bangladesh and Assam through diplomatic and political understanding. Besides, there is a lot of potential to increase the export of products from Sylhet, Bangladesh to Assam in Northeast India.


* Kamal Uddin Mazumde wrote this article for The Sangai Express
This article was webcasted on 05 December 2022.



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