Difficulties and dangers do arise and we shall face them. Nothing will stop us in our march. If some obstacle comes in our way shall remove it. Such is the position today. I congratulate you all, because we stand united. We are devoting our energies to repelling the enemy and defeating his evil designs.
Our enemy is not Pakistan, nor are its people. The people of Pakistan have been suppressed for long. Because of the war fever they might abuse us but they are a poor people who never had a say in their country’s administration and would have never opted for war had they been told the truth. I am sure that they also want to eradicate poverty and put their country on its feet. Their leaders have made them dependent on other countries and they have been following policies which are not in their interests. If a poor and weak country is supplied free a large quantity of arms by a big nation, It does not make that country strong, Instead, the burden breaks its back. This precisely is what has happened. Because the rulers of Pakistani knew that mighty nations, it does not make that country strong. Instead, the burden breaks its back. This precisely is what has happened. Because the rulers of Pakistani knew that mighty nations were at their beck and call, they ignored the will of their own people. They thought that, with surfeit of foreign money and arms, they could spurn democracy and ignore the will of the people. They ignored the demands of the Bengalis, the Baluchis and the people of the Frontier Province as well. I can say with all the emphasis at my command that the countries which have been supplying arms to Pakistan have made her weak. If Pakistan comes to harm today, it is they who will be responsible for it. These powers are unhappy with us. Because we have refused such help. We knew that if we curtailed our own freedom nothing could make us strong. If our freedom was genuine, we shall be strong, without any foreign aid, and we shall be able to what we want.
Let us all join together and march on the right path and I am sure our difficulties will be removed. Whether or not we are in a soldier’s uniform, whether or not we have a gun with us, we still continue to be soldiers, or as good as those who are fighting on the front. We must perform our duties in this spirit. Only then can we give our jawans and the country the help they need. We have to march forward together. Only then can we be sure of victory.
