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BJP, Rajnath differ over land boundary issue - bdnews24.com
Indias main opposition party Bharatiya Janata Partys (BJP) President Rajnath Singh has said he wants the land boundary issue with Bangladesh resolved.
The Indian Express Friday reported that at an Idea Exchange programme, Singh said, I would want that the Government of India should try to put a sweetener... to try to compensate for the deal. But the boundary dispute should get resolved. We want that this should be resolved. We will try our best, there is no opposition from our side.
However, quoting sources at a party brass meeting, the report said his party appeared cautious about endorsing the constitution amendment bill, which is necessary to finalise the land boundary deal, given the strong opposition in the border states of Assam and West Bengal.
The party brass meeting at BJP parliamentary party Chairman L K Advani's residence on Thursday, hours after the Singhs comment with the newspaper, appeared not to agree, the English daily reported.
Leaders from the BJP's units in these states, the newspaper learnt, gave a very substantive briefing to the meeting.
Quoting sources, it said there was no categorical opposition to the move, but there was a view that the issue was over two decades old, and did not need to be rushed through without proper scrutiny.
The 1974 deal is all about a swap of 111 Indian enclaves in Bangladesh, with 51 Bangladesh enclaves in India, and it seeks to preserve the status quo on the adversely possessed swathes of land.
To ratify the Land Boundary Agreement along with the additional protocol signed in September 2011 during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs visit to Dhaka, the Indian government needs to amend the country's Constitution, which is not possible without the BJP support.
The Indian Cabinet on Feb 13 cleared the proposed Constitution Amendment Bill.
President Pranab Mukherjee proposed the amendment in his address to the parliaments opening session in Feb.
The ratification of the agreement has remained one of the major unresolved issues between India and Bangladesh, despite improving relationship between the two neighbours in the recent years.
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government is optimistic about amending the Constitution and has sought support from the opposition BJP.
India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid during his visit to Dhaka in Feb expressed his optimism to solve unresolved issues including Teesta water sharing deal before welcoming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi in September.
Indias main opposition party Bharatiya Janata Partys (BJP) President Rajnath Singh has said he wants the land boundary issue with Bangladesh resolved.
The Indian Express Friday reported that at an Idea Exchange programme, Singh said, I would want that the Government of India should try to put a sweetener... to try to compensate for the deal. But the boundary dispute should get resolved. We want that this should be resolved. We will try our best, there is no opposition from our side.
However, quoting sources at a party brass meeting, the report said his party appeared cautious about endorsing the constitution amendment bill, which is necessary to finalise the land boundary deal, given the strong opposition in the border states of Assam and West Bengal.
The party brass meeting at BJP parliamentary party Chairman L K Advani's residence on Thursday, hours after the Singhs comment with the newspaper, appeared not to agree, the English daily reported.
Leaders from the BJP's units in these states, the newspaper learnt, gave a very substantive briefing to the meeting.
Quoting sources, it said there was no categorical opposition to the move, but there was a view that the issue was over two decades old, and did not need to be rushed through without proper scrutiny.
The 1974 deal is all about a swap of 111 Indian enclaves in Bangladesh, with 51 Bangladesh enclaves in India, and it seeks to preserve the status quo on the adversely possessed swathes of land.
To ratify the Land Boundary Agreement along with the additional protocol signed in September 2011 during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs visit to Dhaka, the Indian government needs to amend the country's Constitution, which is not possible without the BJP support.
The Indian Cabinet on Feb 13 cleared the proposed Constitution Amendment Bill.
President Pranab Mukherjee proposed the amendment in his address to the parliaments opening session in Feb.
The ratification of the agreement has remained one of the major unresolved issues between India and Bangladesh, despite improving relationship between the two neighbours in the recent years.
The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government is optimistic about amending the Constitution and has sought support from the opposition BJP.
India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid during his visit to Dhaka in Feb expressed his optimism to solve unresolved issues including Teesta water sharing deal before welcoming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi in September.
