Tag: Mujibur Rahman

NEW DELHI: On March 27, the day West Bengal goes to polls in the first phase, PM Narendra Modi will be in Orakhandi in Bangladesh offering prayers at the Matua temple, a move redolent with intense political symbolism.
Modi will also offer prayers at the Jessoreshwari Kali temple at Satkhira outside Dhaka. Both these events are intended to resonate with voters in West Bengal. On his first visit in 2015, Modi had visited Dhakeshwari temple and offered prayers there, but then Mamata Banerjee had also accompanied him on his trip to Bangladesh. This time the two are locked in an intense political battle for Bengal.
On March 26, Modi will hold talks with Sheikh Hasina and call on President Mohammed Abdul Hamid. He would hold a public event at the National Parade Ground on March 26, Bangladesh foreign minister A K Abdul Momen told journalists. Modi and Hasina are expected to jointly inaugurate the Bangabandhu-Bapu digital exhibition later that day.
Modi will attend the National Day programme of Bangladesh on March 26, as the guest of honour. An MEA press statement said, “This visit is in connection with the commemoration of three epochal events — Mujib Borsho, the birth centenary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman; 50 years of the establishment of diplomatic ties between India and Bangladesh; and 50 years of Bangladesh’s war of liberation.”
Bangladesh foreign secretary Masud bin Momen said India and Bangladesh would sign three agreements in the areas of disaster management and cooperation.
MEA said, “The visit of the PM to Bangladesh will be the first visit to a foreign country since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic. This highlights the priority India attaches to Bangladesh.”