Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that relations between India and Bangladesh have reached new heights and that New Delhi has considered the approach of ‘Sabka Saath Sanka Vikas” with Dhaka as well. PM was addressing on the inauguration of developmental projects between India and Bangladesh. The program was also attended by Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina.
“We have considered our approach of ‘Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas’ for our neighbour country Bangladesh also. We take pride in being the biggest development partner for Bangladesh. In the last nine years, an aid of $10 billion has been given. The list of our achievements is very long,” Modi said while virtually inaugurating three projects, built through Indian aid, along with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina.
The projects are the Akhaura-Agartala Cross-Border Rail Link; Khulna-Mongla Port Rail Line; and Unit–II of the Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant.
“We took the decision of the three projects that have been inaugurated today and we got the chance of inaugurating them too. I express gratitude to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the success of our joint efforts,” he added.
On her part, Hasina expressed her gratitude to the Indian government “for your commitment to strengthening the bonds of friendship between our two countries”.
“I would like to thank you, Modi Ji, for your hospitality during my visit to New Delhi in September 2023 to attend the G20 Leaders Summit. I express my heartfelt gratitude for your commitment towards strengthening the bonds of friendship between the two countries.” The Bangladeshi leader also appreciated the gesture of screening of a biopic on Bangladesh’s founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by both the nations.
It is a joint co-production by India and Bangladesh. “I would like to extend my deep appreciation and thankfulness to PM Modi. The screening (of Mujib The Making Of A Nation, a biopic of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman) is now going on, both in Bangladesh and India,” Hasina said.
The Akhaura-Agartala Cross-Border Rail Link project has been executed under the Centre’s grant assistance of Rs 392.52 crore extended to Bangladesh.