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Ratification Move

Land deal bill placed in Rajya Sabha

Star Report
After much delay, a constitutional amendment bill to ratify the India-Bangladesh land boundary agreement was introduced in the Rajya Sabha yesterday amid opposition from lawmakers ofTrinamool Congress and Asom Cana Parishad.
The Rajya Sabha, the upper House of the Indian parliament, saw repeated adjournments as members caused a ruckus after
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Deputy Chairman P J Kurien tried to take leave of the House for the introduction of the bill. The bill was mentioned in the supplementary business list, reports our New Delhi Correspondent.
Protesting the move, legislators of Trinamool Congress, led by Derek O'Brien, and AGP member Birendra Prasad Baishya immediately rushed to the well of the House. Baishya carried a placard claiming that his party would not compromise on the issue.
The lawmakers next approached External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and Baishya was seen moving towards him apparently to snatch the bill.
Amidst chaos, Kurien adjourned the House for 10 minutes.
When the Rajya Sabha reassembled, the
din continued. The bill was introduced, triggering more shouting by agitated members.
The House was adjourned again, this time for 30 minutes.
With members continuing to express opposition over the issue, the House was adjourned sine die.
The government had mooted the bill to ratify an agreement under which India and Bangladesh will exchange adversely-held 161 enclaves.
The agreement is aimed at settling the issue of enclaves, having a population of about 50,000 and adverse possession along the 4,069-km border between India and Bangladesh. It is seen as an important confidence-building measure between the two neighbours.
The proposed legislation could not be
placed in the Rajya Sabha during the budget and monsoon sessions of parliament due to strong opposition to it from the BJP, Trinamool Congress and the AGP.
Meanwhile, the winter session of parliament winded up yesterday, two days ahead of schedule. The bill will be valid for the next government as India will go to polls in April.
Our diplomatic correspondent adds: A senior foreign ministry official in Dhaka said, "We would say it is done only when the bill is passed by both the houses of the Indian parliament."
Dhaka had ratified the land boundary agreement in 1974 just after it was signed by the then prime minister of Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and late Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi.