পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (তৃতীয় খণ্ড).pdf/৭৯৮

766 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ তৃতীয় পত্র শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ইয়াহিয়ার নির্বাচন সম্পর্কিত বক্তব্যের দি হিন্দুস্তান টাইমস ৫ আগষ্ট, পরিপ্রেক্ষিতে পররাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয়ের প্রেস Ֆի, Գծ বিজ্ঞপ্তি YAHYA TOLD HINDU VOTE WAS 15 PER CENT Comment of Bangladesh Foreign Office spokesman on August 4, 1971. A Bangladesh foreign Office spokesman today denounced as a "blatant lie" the Pakistan President's statement that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had won the election mainly because of Hindu minority vote. Commenting on Yahya's interview with a Teheran daily, the spokesman pointed out that the Awami League had won 82 percent of the votes while the Hindu minority vote represented not more than 15 percent. "Even if it is accepted that the Awami League bagged all these votes, the question still remains where did the remaining 67 percent votes come from?" The spokesman said it was curious to note that Gen. Yahya who after the election, took pride to declare that the election was free and fair now wanted to make the world believe that the Awami League won the election through intimidation, threat and malpractices. The spokesman recalled that during and prior to the election, Gen. Yahya had deputed the army, police and ansars to maintain law and order. "This confession to the Iranian journalist that he was in-informed about the happenings in the country is sufficient evidence that Gen. Yahya has no capacity to be the Head of a State."