UNB, Dhaka :
Good news for enclave dwellers. The Election Commission (EC) has planned to enroll them as voters and providing them with national identity (NID) cards soon after the exchange of 162 enclaves between Bangladesh and India.
The EC will start registering eligible inhabitants of the enclaves as voters once the Home Ministry gives the green signal following the transfer of the enclaves — 111 in Bangladesh and 51 in India.
The much-awaited transfer will begin on July 31 midnight in accordance with the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) 1974 and Protocol of 2011 to the Land Boundary Agreement.
The EC in its Tuesday’s meeting discussed the issue and planned to take necessary preparations to enroll them as voters during the countrywide updating of the voter list, which is scheduled to begin in August next, said EC officials.
“We’ll make the Bangladeshi nationals living in the enclaves as voters whenever the government informs us that the exchange process of enclaves is over,” said Election Commissioner Shah Nawaz.
Good news for enclave dwellers. The Election Commission (EC) has planned to enroll them as voters and providing them with national identity (NID) cards soon after the exchange of 162 enclaves between Bangladesh and India.
The EC will start registering eligible inhabitants of the enclaves as voters once the Home Ministry gives the green signal following the transfer of the enclaves — 111 in Bangladesh and 51 in India.
The much-awaited transfer will begin on July 31 midnight in accordance with the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) 1974 and Protocol of 2011 to the Land Boundary Agreement.
The EC in its Tuesday’s meeting discussed the issue and planned to take necessary preparations to enroll them as voters during the countrywide updating of the voter list, which is scheduled to begin in August next, said EC officials.
“We’ll make the Bangladeshi nationals living in the enclaves as voters whenever the government informs us that the exchange process of enclaves is over,” said Election Commissioner Shah Nawaz.
