Mamata volte-face on enclaves

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerji, known for her strident opposition to transfer of enclaves between India and Bangladesh, seems to be trying a somersault on the issue. During rallies organised by her Trinamul Congress party at Dinhata and Coochbehar in the northern part of West Bengal state, where the enclaves are located, Banerji said she was willing to take the residents of the enclaves take a call on the issue. “I am willing to go by what you think it is better for you. I am against imposing anything from above. Your convenience is most important,” she told a rally at Dinhata. “We have done our surveys and we have our findings. But I am willing to let the residents of these enclaves decide what they want,” she told another rally in Coochbehar. In all, 162 enclaves straddle the India-Bangladesh border in Coochbehar, most of them around Dinhata, according to bdnews24.com.