| শিরোনাম | সূত্র | তারিখ |
|---|---|---|
| বাংলাদেশের প্রশ্নে আচার্য বিনোবার সাক্ষাৎকারঃ ডেমোক্র্যাসি এণ্ড মিলিটারীজম আর ইনকমপিটবল | পিপলস এ্যাকশন | ...মে, ১৯৭১ |
Vinoba Says
DEMOCRACY AND MILITARISM ARE INCOMPATIBLE
A group of Sarvodaya workers led by Shri Devendra Kumar Gupta met vinobaji on April 4 at his ashram in Paunar and discussed Bangla Desh situation. A free-rendering of the discussion by Prabhash Joshi is given below:
Vinoba: The All-India Radio has broadcast this morning a message of sympathy by the Soviet President. I am happy at this. What are Sheikh Abdullah and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan doing? Have they said anything?
DKG: No.
Vinoba: Why are they silent? They should oppose the genocide in Bangladesh on humanitarian grounds alone. Where is gaffar Khan?
DKG. Perhaps he does not like, the disintegration of Pakistan.
Vinoba: Mujib was the leader of Bangla Desh. They (the military had indulged in a show of talks with him and then launched an all-ory rulers). They are also using bombs. And when bombs are dropped, they kill. A bomb does not discriminate between Hindus and Muslims, men at attack old and young. What is going in Bangla Desh is total destruction. If they were determined to impose their will on the people of Bangla Desh by terrorizing them, why did stage that drama of democracy?
DKG: People say India has also deployed army in West Bengal.
Vinoba: So what? Is the Indian army indulging in genocide? In West Bengal the need is to protect the borders. I have called it a ‘bottleneck,’ If India maintains an army, then it is necessary to deploy it on the borders.
Pakistan too had posted army in East Bengal. But they wanted to terroise the people. That is why they brought tanks, bombers and other weapons for an all-out war.
DKG: But then this sort of genocide went on for more than a year in Biafra and no one could stop it.
Vinoba: England did raise her voice against it. Even here Soviet President has come out with a statement on purely humanitarian grounds. But America has termed it an internal affair of Pakistan. This is the measure of US wisdom.
There had been systematic repression land exploitation of the people of East Bengal by West Pakistan. The majority of the people lived in East Bengal but they were not fairly represented in the army and administrative services of Pakistan. The army and the
