পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (তৃতীয় খণ্ড).pdf/৮৬২

830 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ তৃতীয় পত্র Employment in Armed Forces 7% 93% Revenue Expenditure 23% 77% Utilization of Foreign Assistance 23% 77% Foreign Exchange Earnings 54.7% 45.3% [exports| Foreign Exchange Expenditure 31.1% 68.9% Development Expenditure 32.5% 67.5% During the five years that Bengalis were in control of political power, civil and military bureaucracy indulged in conspiratorial politics to nullify their influence. The first Bengali Prime Minister, Khawaza Nazimuddin, was dismissed by Punjabi Governor-General Ghulam Mohammed after one and a half years in office even though he held the confidence of the parliament. The second Bengali Prime Minister, Mohammed Ali Bogra, was a prisoner of the Punjabi ruling elite from the date of his installation and having gone through one ignominy after another, was finally dismissed after two years in office. The last Bengali Prime Minister, H. S. Suhrawardy, was dismissed at the end of a half in office by General Iskander Mirza without being given an opportunity to test his strength in the Parliament. A constitution envisaging a federal parliamentary form of government was at last adopted in 1956. But this constitution was not given a chance to come into fruition due to Iskander Mirza's conspiratorial politics and the interference of the Punjabi dominated Army and government services. When general elections under the new constitution were being planned, the final Army coup came about on October, 1958. Twelve years of Army dictatorship at last gave into public pressure and elections were held in December 1970 with the following results : Pakistan National Assembly Awami League 167 All others |46 Total 313 Out of the 169 seats of East Pakistan, the Awami League won 167 seats with only two seats going to two other members , the Awami League secured an absolute majority in the National Assembly and was thus in a position to form a stable government in the country as well as to frame its constitution. But the Assembly was never called into session by Pakistan's military dictator Yahya Khan. Since the Awami League consisted of Bengalis led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the vested, interests of West Pakistan decided to nullify the election result. While more than two months elapsed without the National Assembly commencing to function, the brutal Army crackdown came on March 25. 25th March, 1971, and After Despite every provocation, the Awami League tried until the very last to reach a peaceful solution of the Pakistani crisis. Transfer of power to elected representatives and