India, May 17 -- Bangladesh's ruling BNP on Saturday said the country's relations with India "will depend on" a new Ganges Water Sharing Treaty as it sought immediate talks with New Delhi for an agreement in line with Dhaka's "expectations and needs".

The Indo-Bangladesh Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, signed in 1996, is due to expire in December.

"We want to send a clear message to the Indian government that a (new Ganges) treaty must be implemented immediately through discussions according to the expectations and needs of Bangladesh's people," Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said at an event here.

The opportunity to establish good relations with India "will depend on the signing of the Ga...