Statesman editorial
I should like to ask the gentleman from the US, Mr. Niraj Agarwalla, (Letter to the DS, September 10) how the "Statesman" editorial titled "Khaleda's game plan: Kill Hasina and banish democracy," and my legitimate complaint that thirty years after Sheikh Mujib handed over Bangladeshi enclaves Dahagram and Angarpota to India, India is yet to cede to Bangladesh equal amount of Indian land as promised by Indira Gandhi, both qualify as "slander mongering!"
Anyone with any knowledge of journalistic ethics would agree that to accuse the head of the government of a sovereign nation with attempted murder of the leader of opposition without offering any proof, as the "Statesman" has done, is "slander mongering," at its worst! On the other hand, any fair-minded person with a sense of decency would categorise India's unwillingness to cede to Bangladesh territories that belongs to Bangladesh, as nothing short of big-brotherly cheating! Excuse me, Mr. Agarwalla, where is your sense of logic?
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