পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্থ খণ্ড).pdf/৫০

20 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড The feudal values of West Pakistan are also reflected in very many fields in administration West Pakistan is highly centralized without any local government institutions; in Bengal the tradition of local self-government has been strong and administration is relatively de-centralized; in politics West Pakistan is dominated by feudal lords with murder, intimidation and even abduction of women (see Hamza Alvi for village politics in West Pakistan in South Asian Review, January, 1971). while in Bengal democracy runs supreme. Examples of such differences can be multiplied. (3) The Genocide in BANGLADESH. The British press have published many accounts of inhuman massacre of the innocent and unarmed people of BANGLADESH by the West Pakistani troops. One naturally wonders how people could be so un-civilized in this 20th century. However, we the people of BANGLADESH who have been living with them for the last 23 years are not surprised. For most people of West Pakistan, especially the Punjabis claim themselves to be of Rajput caste'. The Aryan descents of the Rajputs cannot be said to have been established beyond dispute, but what seems likely that most of the Punjabi Musalman Rajput have sprung from the Huns or the Scythians warriors who assisted the Brahmans to destroy the Budhist Civilization and in reward was admitted into the ranks of the "twice-born", (for details, see J. M. Wikeley. Punjabi Musalman. The Book House, Lahore, West Pakistan.) What we are having now on BANGLADESH is therefore, a "Hun invasion" determined this time to completely annihilate the Bengali: from the East as they did to the Budhists and the Sikhs to the West. We, therefore, appeal to you to realize the gravity of the situation. Our case is not like that of Biafra: The Lahore Resolution should be the basis of any future settlement as it was the basis of the Pakistan Movement and still stands unamended. West Pakistan and BANGLADESH cannot be one state, because their civilization, their values and their aspirations are all different. We are facing in Bengal the onslaught of the decedents of the Huns—the apparent sophistication of Yahya or Bhutto must not be allowed to covet this naked truth; like the Budhists we are at the point of total extinction; the barbarians are determined, to kill us all. We are desperately looking to the civilized world in general and to the U.K. in particular because the British people are not only the upholders of democracy, but they also know all the facts of our freedom struggle from the beginning. Since all our intellectual and political leaders have been killed by the Punjabi bayonets we are afraid it might not be possible to represent our case effectively to the world. We, therefore, appeal to you once again to take our case to the United Nations. Yours faithfully, (M. MOZAMMEL HUQ) PRESIDENT, BANGLADESH LIBERATION FRONT, 10, LEICESTER GROVE, LEEDS- 7.