BNP Unveils Manifesto: Seeks 'Collective Progress' with Neighbors, Focuses on India

• BNP's 51-point manifesto emphasizes building relations with neighbors for "collective progress" while addressing border killings and push-ins, implicitly referencing India.
• The manifesto, titled "Shobar Ageh Bangladesh" or "Bangladesh First," promises increased funding for Hindu and other religious minority welfare.
• BNP commits to ensuring a fair share of water from trans-boundary rivers like Padma (Ganges) and Teesta, and preventing border incidents.
• The party aims to develop a "four-dimensional armed forces" with "credible deterrence capability" and keep them apolitical.
• BNP targets transforming Bangladesh into a modern, democratic, upper-middle-income country with a trillion-dollar GDP by 2034, focusing on combating corruption, ensuring rule of law, and establishing accountability.