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213 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ “বাংলাদেশ কেন?”ঃ পূর্ব ও পশ্চিম বাংলাদেশ রিলিফ কমিটি, --------- পাকিস্তানের মধ্যে বৈষ্যমের একটি লন্ডন Տի, ԳՏ সংখ্যাতাত্তিক বিশ্লেষণ WHY BANGLADESH STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF DISPARITY BETWEEN EAST AND WEST PAKISTAN R. ALAM The Bengalis demand for independence had been forced upon the people of East Pakistan by the savage and atrocious action of the West Pakistani Army government. What the Bengalis had really been wanting were regional autonomy and social and economic justice. Recent events have conclusively proved that there was no plan for secession and there was no armed preparation on the pail of the Bengalis to achieve that. They were confidently expecting a good result from President Yahya Khan's democratic gesture. But the West Pakistani army, through its systematic butchery of unarmed civilians forced the Bengalis to take the ultimate decision-to become a completely- independent sovereign state. A clear cut line has been drawn decisively, separating the Bengali speaking people of the East and the people of West Pakistan. The decision was inevitable because or the continuous exploitation of the East by the West. To the world it naturally did not come as a surprise. On the other hand many voices had been predicting it for a long time. Besides religion, there was nothing common between these two people. Ethnically, culturally, in their thought, language, way life-in every way they were two nations. There was no attempt towards reconciliation but only economic exploitation and social injustice. East Pakistan existed only for the benefit of the West Pakistani capitalist merchants, industrialists and contractors, for the militarists and civil bureaucrats. For the last 24 years the Pakistan government, manned mostly by West Pakistanis, dominated the state policy aiming to develop the deserts of West by a deliberate policy which impoverished the East. Cleverly enough, Pakistan government, tried its best not to reveal the figures separately to show the gross disparity. Nevertheless, from available figures, mostly official, the truth could not be kept concealed. Average Annual Budget Total Revenue Rs. 6,000 million W.P. E.P. Expenditure of Defense Total 60% 50% 10% Civil Expenditure Total 40% 25% 15% While E. P. provides 60% of the total revenue, it receives only about 25% its expenditure and West Pakistan providing 40% in the central exchequer receives 75% of the revenue.