Lastly, his question is something which is beyond me. He says that unless this matter is sorted out with the U. K. our problem in Bangladesh cannot be resolved. I do not think that he should feel so helpless that our attitude in relation to Bangladesh and this problem should be totally dependent on the attitude of one country. If the attitude of one country is not favorable, we should try to correct that. But we have got other means of carrying out our policies, and it will be an over-simplification to say that everything is linked with whatever attitude the U. K. may take. I would appeal to the hon. Member that this is not a correct approach...
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SHRI A. G. KULKARNI: I would ask the Minister about the attitude of the Government of Mr. Wilson, barring Mr. Jai Pakash Narain from addressing an international gathering. What has the Government to say on that...
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SARDAR SWARAN SINGH: Sir, we take strong objection to that attitude.
SHRI LOKANATH MISRA (Orissa): The facts as they stand and the statement given by the hon. Minister of External Affairs go to prove that Pakistan has been able to successfully sell falsehood abroad, while India has been unable to sell even the truth.
We have not been able to sell the truth abroad while Pakistan has been very successfully in selling untruth and falsehood.
SHRI A. D. MANI: Truth is difficult to Sell.
SHRI LOKANATH MISRA: Truth is not difficult to sell. (Interruptions) It may be difficult for Mr. Mani to sell truth, but it is not difficult for a Government to sell the truth.
The point I wanted to stress was that in spite of all efforts, in spite of all our good relationships with the U. K. Government, we have not been able to impress upon the U. K. Government that genocide is being perpetrated in Bangladesh and, therefore, any help that is given to Pakistan now is going further to perpetrate in that area. We have not been able to impress upon them this truth. It may be the deficiency of our High Commission there. It may be the deficiency of the Government's entire publicity media all over the world, and more so I have been convinced of the deficiency of our publicity media because almost all the countries of the world have started disbelieving what we say even if it is the truth. Therefore, all the time, whatever the Swatantra Party has been saying is now going to be proved, namely, that we have no friend in the world that we have lost one by one all the friends that we had.
SHRI A. D. MANI: Except the Swatantra Party.
SHRI LOKANATH MISRA: The Swatantra Party is a friend of the Government, not Mr. Mani, who only tries to speak pleasant words on the floor of the House.
DR. Z. A. AHMAD (Uttar Pradesh): The Swatantra Party has lost all friends.
