High drama in RS over land swap deal
8 May 2013 3:21 PM IST
High drama was witnessed in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday when the government moved to introduce a crucial bill providing for transfer of certain territories to Bangladesh, with Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) AGP members scuttling it by trying to snatch its copy leading to a scuffle. The drama unfolded when external affairs minister Salman Khurshid rose to move the Constitution (119th) Amendment Bill, 2013.
AGP members Kumar Deepak Das and Birendra Kumar Baishya raised slogans carrying placards against the Bill and rushed towards Khurshid in a bid to snatch a copy of it from him. Das and Baishya were prevented by some Congress members, including parliamentary affairs minister Rajiv Shukla, from snatching the Bill. In the midst of this, Khurshid sat down without the process of introduction of the Bill being completed.
The Constitution Amendment Bill seeks to give effect to the acquiring of territories by India and transfer of certain territories to Bangladesh in pursuance of the agreement between the two countries signed over a year ago. AGP members later said that they were opposing the Bill fearing it would lead to a secessionist movement in the state which was not in the country’s interest.
Baishya said this was not an issue of Assam but that of the sovereignty of the nation. ‘They cannot play politics with it centre has signed a pact with Bangladesh which is not known to Assam people they are doing it for their political interest,’ said Baishya.
AGP members Kumar Deepak Das and Birendra Kumar Baishya raised slogans carrying placards against the Bill and rushed towards Khurshid in a bid to snatch a copy of it from him. Das and Baishya were prevented by some Congress members, including parliamentary affairs minister Rajiv Shukla, from snatching the Bill. In the midst of this, Khurshid sat down without the process of introduction of the Bill being completed.
The Constitution Amendment Bill seeks to give effect to the acquiring of territories by India and transfer of certain territories to Bangladesh in pursuance of the agreement between the two countries signed over a year ago. AGP members later said that they were opposing the Bill fearing it would lead to a secessionist movement in the state which was not in the country’s interest.
Baishya said this was not an issue of Assam but that of the sovereignty of the nation. ‘They cannot play politics with it centre has signed a pact with Bangladesh which is not known to Assam people they are doing it for their political interest,’ said Baishya.
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