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Modi thanks Sonia after Parl unanimously passes Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement - Firstpost
New Delhi: Settling the country's 41-year-old border issue with Bangladesh, Parliament unanimously passed a historic bill to operationalise the Land Boundary Agreement that provides for exchange of territories on Thursday.
The Lower House, showing rare unanimity, passed the Constitution (119th Amendment) Bill to allow the operationalisation of the 1974 India-Bangladesh Land Boundary agreement.
File photo of PM Modi in the Lok Sabha. PTI
All the 331 members present in the House voted for the bill which became the 100th Constitutional amendment passed by Parliament.
Earlier, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said it was beneficial for both the countries and that there will a "notional" loss of territory without borders getting contracted.
India will get 510 acres while Bangladesh will get 10,000 acres. "But these are notional figures as these areas are deep inside territories of the two countries. Our borders are not getting contracted," she said, while responding to members' questions whether India will lose some territory.
Soon after the passage, Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked up to the Opposition benches to thank leaders including Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, BJD's B Mahtab, TMC's Sudip Bandopadhyay and AIADMK leader P Venugopal.
Modi then took to Twitter to thank the political parties of of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura & West Bengal for their co-opertaion as wellconvey his greetings to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on the occasion.
Today a historic milestone has been reached in India-Bangladesh relations after the passing of the Constitutional Amendment by Parliament.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 7, 2015
My thanks to all the political parties for their cooperation, as also to the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura & West Bengal.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 7, 2015
Spoke to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and conveyed my greetings to the people of Bangladesh on this landmark occasion.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 7, 2015
Earlier in the day the Centre had announced a package of Rs 3,008 crore to West Bengal in lieu of ruling Trinamool Congress' support to the historic Land Boundary Agreement to settle the border issue with Bangladesh.
The package, which had been sought by Banerjee, has been offered for rehabilitating inhabitants of enclaves in Bangladesh following implementation of the Boundary Agreement, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said in Lok Sabha.
Moving the 119th Constitution Amendment Bill which will enable operationalisation of the 1974 India-Bangladesh Land Boundary agreement, Swaraj said its passage will help demarcate boundaries and send a message to neighbours that political parties in India are united when it comes to border sharing.
"Mamata Banerjee wanted a package to rehabilitate the people coming from Bangladesh. We have given them a Rs 3,008 crore package based on estimation that 35,000 people will need rehabilitation," Swaraj said.
Banerjee had on Tuesday said that she supports the Land Boundary Agreement Bill and wanted a package from the Centre to rehabilitate people who will come from Bangladesh. She estimated their number to be 60,000/70,000.
Swaraj said different estimates suggest that somewhere between 3,500 to 35,000 people would need rehabilitation and the Rs 3,008 crore package is based on estimation that 35,000 people would come to West Bengal. This fund would give the state the capacity to adjust these people, the External Affairs Minister added.
Referring to passage of the bill by Rajya Sabha, she said, "This has sent a message to Bangladesh that political parties in India do not have divergent views. The unity which was witnessed in the Rajya Sabha, if the same will be seen in the Lok Sabha then a very good message will be sent to Bangladesh."
New Delhi: Settling the country's 41-year-old border issue with Bangladesh, Parliament unanimously passed a historic bill to operationalise the Land Boundary Agreement that provides for exchange of territories on Thursday.
The Lower House, showing rare unanimity, passed the Constitution (119th Amendment) Bill to allow the operationalisation of the 1974 India-Bangladesh Land Boundary agreement.
File photo of PM Modi in the Lok Sabha. PTI
All the 331 members present in the House voted for the bill which became the 100th Constitutional amendment passed by Parliament.
Earlier, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said it was beneficial for both the countries and that there will a "notional" loss of territory without borders getting contracted.
India will get 510 acres while Bangladesh will get 10,000 acres. "But these are notional figures as these areas are deep inside territories of the two countries. Our borders are not getting contracted," she said, while responding to members' questions whether India will lose some territory.
Soon after the passage, Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked up to the Opposition benches to thank leaders including Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, BJD's B Mahtab, TMC's Sudip Bandopadhyay and AIADMK leader P Venugopal.
Modi then took to Twitter to thank the political parties of of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura & West Bengal for their co-opertaion as wellconvey his greetings to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on the occasion.
Today a historic milestone has been reached in India-Bangladesh relations after the passing of the Constitutional Amendment by Parliament.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 7, 2015
My thanks to all the political parties for their cooperation, as also to the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura & West Bengal.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 7, 2015
Spoke to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and conveyed my greetings to the people of Bangladesh on this landmark occasion.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 7, 2015
Earlier in the day the Centre had announced a package of Rs 3,008 crore to West Bengal in lieu of ruling Trinamool Congress' support to the historic Land Boundary Agreement to settle the border issue with Bangladesh.
The package, which had been sought by Banerjee, has been offered for rehabilitating inhabitants of enclaves in Bangladesh following implementation of the Boundary Agreement, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said in Lok Sabha.
Moving the 119th Constitution Amendment Bill which will enable operationalisation of the 1974 India-Bangladesh Land Boundary agreement, Swaraj said its passage will help demarcate boundaries and send a message to neighbours that political parties in India are united when it comes to border sharing.
"Mamata Banerjee wanted a package to rehabilitate the people coming from Bangladesh. We have given them a Rs 3,008 crore package based on estimation that 35,000 people will need rehabilitation," Swaraj said.
Banerjee had on Tuesday said that she supports the Land Boundary Agreement Bill and wanted a package from the Centre to rehabilitate people who will come from Bangladesh. She estimated their number to be 60,000/70,000.
Swaraj said different estimates suggest that somewhere between 3,500 to 35,000 people would need rehabilitation and the Rs 3,008 crore package is based on estimation that 35,000 people would come to West Bengal. This fund would give the state the capacity to adjust these people, the External Affairs Minister added.
Referring to passage of the bill by Rajya Sabha, she said, "This has sent a message to Bangladesh that political parties in India do not have divergent views. The unity which was witnessed in the Rajya Sabha, if the same will be seen in the Lok Sabha then a very good message will be sent to Bangladesh."
