Hasina, Modi, Mamata likely to talk on water sharing, Rohingya, politics today

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet at Visva-Bharati in Santiniketan today (Friday).
Bilateral issues including water sharing, Rohingyas and ongoing political situation might come up at the discussion, diplomatic sources told the Daily Observer.
"Of course there would be a formal talk between the three leaders. A meeting has been scheduled between Hasina and Modi. Mamata will join them later," A diplomatic source in Kolkata told the Daily Observer on Thursday.
The two governments are trying to avoid the words 'formal meeting' between the three leaders as it might create much media hype in both the countries, said the sources.
After the inaugural function at Bangladesh Bhaban at Santiniketan, Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi will sit at the meeting over lunch with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Benarjee joining the meeting later.
But the sources said the discussion would be held only on the issues to be raised by the Indian PM or CM not by Bangladesh PM.
Hasina tied the inauguration of the Bangladesh Bhavan to the Teesta Deal but in recent months she has given it a second thought after it became clear to her that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in no mood to relent, the Times of India said.
Times of India said: "Ahead of PM Hasina's visit to India, a senior delegation of her party the Awami League had visited Delhi last month (April) and met PM Modi and other government and BJP leaders emphasizing the need to make progress on Teesta as it would be an issue during the Bangladeshi general election campaign expected later this year."
"We have told the Indian PM that the Teesta issue is a serious problem for us that we need to see a resolution on the problem�our opponents are trying to make this an election issue. We hope that you in the centre can convince West Bengal CM to agree to a resolution soon," Awami League General Secretary and
Senior Minister Obaidul Quader said after the meeting on April 23rd," the newspaper quoted Obaidul as saying.
Similarly on the Rohingya issue, PM Hasina has called on India and other countries to intervene in the crisis on an urgent basis, warning that heavy rains this season may wash away some of the camps, and heighten the chances of casualties and disease.
"We have shared that the normalcy in the Rakhine state will be restored with the return of the displaced persons i.e. once they return to their state and that is a very important component of how the normalcy can be restored," Ministry of External Affairs of India's spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said on Thursday.
While speaking he used the term 'displaced persons' rather than 'Rohingya refugees' in deference to the Myanmar government's stand on refusing to recognise them as citizens.
As a result, with little indication that either the West Bengal Chief Minister or the Myanmar government is in a flexible mood on the issues impacting India-Bangladesh ties at present, PM Modi may have to walk a diplomatic tightrope as he plays host to Ms Hasina in Bengal, it reads.
They said the three leaders would attend the inaugural ceremony and join the convocation ceremony of Visva-Bharati University.
Besides, The Bangladesh PM will be staying in Kolkata for two days, but there is no official slot for any meeting between Hasina and Mamata.
Signing of the Teesta Treaty was postponed during former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Dhaka in September 2011 as Mamata threw a spanner in the works, according to the Foreign Ministry.
Movement on the Teesta talks for a higher share of water from the river has long been opposed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and officials held out little hope of making any headway on the issue that has been pending between Dhaka and Delhi since negotiations began in 1983.