Indian Rajya Sabha passed constitution amendment bill on Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh

Описание: Rajya Sabha today passed constitution amendment bill on Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh to settle decades-old boundary disputes with India.

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj placed the bill before the Rajya Sabha around 5:00pm, our New Delhi correspondent reports.

The bill has been passed without any major hurdle since there is an agreement among the key parties on the much-talked-about issue.

Tomorrow, it will be moved to the Lok Sabha to facilitate exchange of enclaves, transfer of adversely possessed areas and demarcation of un-demarcated border, according to diplomatic sources in New Delhi.

After discussions over the contentious issues for months, the Indian cabinet approved the constitution amendment bill yesterday.