The ruling Awami League (AL) is hoping to sort out unresolved issues with India after Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janta Party won a landslide victory in the Indian elections.

Many had anticipated relations between BJP and the AL regime to be tense considering the bangladeshi ruling party’s friendly ties with Congress.
However, India and Bangladesh during Modi’s last tenure made much headway into resolving bilateral issues with many agreements including implementation of the border agreement and marking maritime borders.
This time the government hopes to resolve the long-standing Teesta water dispute as well as the trade deficit.
In addition to that India is also expected to work with Bangladesh to fight terrorism and militancy as well as increase bilateral investments in the power and energy sector.
Awami League’s International Affairs sub-committee chief Muhammad Zamir said that BJP’s win will play a very constructive role in India-Bangladesh ties.
“During the Modi government’s last five-year term we were able to resolve to very important issues,” he said referring to the India-Bangladesh enclaves [known as chitmahals] issue being resolved and marking the maritime territories.
“We are working so that trade deficit between India and Bangladesh comes down,” he added.
Zamir said that the bilateral initiatives in the power and energy sectors are also expected to speed up under the Modi regime.
“We expect bilateral investments to increase as well,” adding that Modi understands business well and “will naturally want to increase their scope. We are also prepared to accept it keeping while prioritizing the country’s interest.”
Awami League Presidium member and former international affairs secretary Muhammad Faruq Khan said that the talks for many issues resolved during Modi’s last term in office began during the Congress regime.
“It can easily be said that we have good ties with the BJP government. Some of the talks didn’t progress the last time due to time constraints,” he said.
He added that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had objected to the Teesta water sharing treaty but now that BJP was powerful there it might see the light of the day.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister and AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday (May 24) echoed and said that the party was hoping to solve the unresolved disputes during Modi’s new term.
Fourteen-party spokesperson and Awami League Presidium member Mohammad Nasim said that the two countries have cooperated with each other on many occasions and hoped that ties with India will be friendlier and stronger in years to come under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.