The visit also comes amid political turmoil in that country with former president and Jaitya Party chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad ruling out contesting January 5 elections. This is Singh's first visit to Bangladesh after becoming Foreign Secretary in August.
Besides meeting her Bangladeshi counterpart Shahidul Haque, the Foreign Secretary will call on Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Abdul Hasan Mahmood Ali, official sources said.
According to sources, Singh will be reiterating government's commitment to bring in the winter session of Parliament the Constitution Amendment Bill 2013 on LBA, a move which is facing stiff opposition from BJP and AGP.
The LBA, an emotive domestic issue for Bangladesh, envisages transfer of 111 enclaves with a total area of 17,160.63 acres to that country while there will be transfer of 51 enclaves with an area of 7,110.02 acres to India.
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While on the face of it, India does seem to be losing some territory, officials here maintained that the government has in fact only converted a de-facto reality into a de-jure situation as these enclaves are located deep inside the two countries with little physical access to these by both.
Meanwhile, Ershad today in Dhaka said his party will not go to polls and the candidates who had filed nomination papers have been asked to withdraw their candidature ahead of last date of withdrawal set by the Election Commission.