India starts enclave talks with parties

India's new External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid started discussions with different political parties and concerned states over the endorsement of the Dhaka-Delhi enclave exchange accord in their parliament, reports BBC Bangla on Thursday.
He ended discussions with top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders after two separate meetings with the leftist parties and lawmakers of Assam province.
Without the required majority to pass the accord in the Indian parliament, the Manmohan government is trying to convince the BJP and leftist leaders of the benefits the accord would bring for India.
Although the leftist parties have no pleas over the endorsement, the main opposition BJP still has objections on some points.
The agreement was signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Dhaka visit in September 2011.