DHAKA: A 19-member delegation of the ruling Awami League, led by its General Secretary Obaidul Quader, left Dhaka for India Sunday (April 22), at the invitation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

A flight of Jet Airways, carrying the AL leaders, took off Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 10:30am. 

AL office in Dhaka confirmed the news to Banglanews.

The delegations includes Pijush Kanti Bhattacharya, Mahbubul Alam Hanif, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Abdur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Ahmod Hossain, Misbah Uddin Siraj, AFM  Bahauddin Nasim, AKM Enamul Haque Shamim, Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury Nowfel, Abdus Sobhan Golap, Shammi Ahmed, Mrinal Kanti Das, Abdus Sobur, Rokeya Sultana, Sujit Roynandi, Aminul Islam Amin and Golam Kabir Rabbani Chinu.

They are scheduled to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.

They will also attend a dinner to be hosted by BJP and pay tribute to the Mahatma Gandhi at his memorial in Raj Ghat of New Delhi.

BDST: 1526 HRS, APR 22, 2018
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