In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gogoi expressed surprise at the decision of the Union government not to include clauses relating to Assam in the protocol ratified by Parliament without any consultation with the state government.
"We are completely in the dark about the reasons behind this turnaround and how the interest of the people of Assam are going to be protected by the exclusion of the clauses relating to Assam during the process of ratification by the Parliament," the chief minister said.
Gogoi requested Modi for inclusion of Assam in the protocol between the Centre and the Government of Bangladesh, signed on September 6, 2011.
The chief minister pointed out that the provisions of the protocol were integral part of the 1974 agreement between India and Bangladesh.
"As a result of the protocol, the Radcliff Line demarcating India-Bangladesh border in the Assam sector namely, Lathitilla-Dumabari sector in Karimganj district, Kalabari (Boroibari) area in Dhubri district and the Pallathal area in Karimganj district of Assam will be re-drawn as agreed to in the protocol," he said.
"268.40 acres of land are already under adverse possession of Bangladesh. Therefore, India (Assam) will formally get a net land area of 445.6 acres with reference to the Radcliff Line," Gogoi said.
Earlier this week, a senior government functionary in New Delhi had said that since the issue of land swap under LBA with Bangladesh has evoked "emotional reaction" in Assam, the Bill would not include any land pertaining to the state but comprises land from West Bengal, Tripura and Meghalaya.