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New Delhi, October 2: The Bharatiya Janata Party has accused UPA Government for legitimising encroachment of Indian territories by Bangladesh and has expressed deep concerns that the people in border areas are agitated because they rightly feel that the Government of India has legitimised encroachment of Indian territories by Bangladesh through the September 6, 2011 Agreement, which amounts to formally transferring land illegally occupied by erstwhile East Pakistan and later Bangladesh over the years.
Manmohan Singh has signed a Protocol to the 1974 Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh, which paves the way for settlement of the long pending land boundary issues including the undemarcated areas, territories under adverse possession and exchange of enclaves. The ‘historic’ agreement facilitates 24-hour unfettered access to Bangladesh nationals through the Tin Bigha Corridor.
The BJP has pointed out a very serious distress about the India-Bangladesh Land Transfer Agreement between India and Banlgadesh during the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Bangladesh on September 5-6, 2011. In its Political resolution, the Bharatiya Janata Party has commented that, In the name of rationalisation of adversely possessed lands and exchanging enclaves of Bangladesh in India and vice versa, the rights and interests of the local population have been severely compromised, leading to unrest throughout Assam and in many parts of North Bengal.
BJP has charged that the Government has ignored the feelings and sentiments of the people of the Border States of Assam and West Bengal. Recently a committee of MPs and other Central and State leaders under the leadership of Shri SS Ahluwalia, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, visited the affected border districts of the two States. The team examined the ground situation and spoke to a large number of persons to assess their grievances.
The team found widespread confusion and anxiety prevailing among the people because they had not been taken into confidence in this matter. The people are agitated because they rightly feel that the Government of India has legitimised encroachment of Indian territories by Bangladesh through the September 6, 2011 Agreement, which amounts to formally transferring land illegally occupied by erstwhile East Pakistan and later Bangladesh over the years. Apart from Assam and West Bengal, there are anxieties in Tripura and Mizoram. In Tripura some land near Chandan Nagar is scheduled to be transformed which is being opposed by the settled population of Indian there.
BJP’s political resolution claims that although nearly 1,500 survey maps were exchanged between Indian and Bangladeshi officials before re-demarcation of the border, these maps are not in the public domain. Indian Security forces stationed on the border are also in the dark about the precise redrawing of the border. Indian farmers who appear to have finally lost their ancestral lands as part of the exchange are in the dark about whether they will be allotted equivalent land inside Indian territories or receive monetary compensation in lieu thereof. They fear they may become refugees in their own country.
The BJP has demanded that the Government should put the complete details of the land transfer protocols with all relevant survey maps before Parliament. The Party wants a comprehensive discussion in the Winter Session of Parliament before the Government takes any steps to part with Indian territories.
BJP has stated that improving ties with Bangladesh and curbing activities of separatists cannot be at the cost of the livelihood and properties of Indian citizens living in the affected border regions.
The BJP has passed resolution which also stresses that the demographic invasion of India by illegal Bangladeshi migrants has already severely affected the identity, culture and social cohesion of many parts of Assam and West Bengal. No further compromise with the country’s national interests can be permitted. The BJP pledges to fight for the rights of people adversely impacted by the Land Transfer Agreement of September 6, 2011 and demands that the Government come clean before the winter session of the Parliament.
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