পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৫৭৬

○○○ বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড Why should we not take some of these in order in utilize them for the relief and succour of the refugees who have come from Bangladesh? Such steps we can take. We should certainly withdraw from the Secretariat, we should certainly withdraw from the Commonwealth, we should reconsider our entire relations with the United Kingdom. This habit of continuing in the Commonwealth is something which is becoming intolerable from the national point of view. MR. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN: Please conclude. SHRIBHUPESH GUPTA: Therefore, I say that the Government should come out not only by saying that we strongly object to it but we should also express national sentiments, national feelings against the British Government's abetment of Yahya Khan in terms of concrete diplomatic, political and economic action. That is what we demand of you. That would be the best way of championing the cause which we are championing. These are some of my suggestions or some of the points made for clarification. The Government should state its position. SARDAR SWARAN SINGH: I think we should concentrate at the moment on trying to build our energies for resolving the situation that faces us in relation to Bangladesh and should not open other fronts. These are matters which he has suggested but we should not convert our problems in relation to Bangladesh into this type of attitude against one country. That is a separate issue. We should not link it with that. SHRI BHUPESH GUPTA: They are abetting this murder. The British Government is pursuing this policy ever since the Heath Government was formed. You know they are adopting an anti-Indian attitude, an attitude against Asians, and now they are using this policy with a vengeance in regard to the developments in Bangladesh. They want the people of Bangladesh to be suppressed as a part and parcel of their attack against the Asian people, against the people of India. That is why I think the action is called for. SARDAR SWARAN SINGH: There is nothing more to add. MR. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN: Mr. Goray. SHRI BHUPESH GUPTA: No answer? This is the trouble in this Parliament. Whenever the British thing is raised, our Ministers become silent. That is the trouble. I have been seeing this thing in all these ten years. They are heroic when other peoples are mentioned. Whenever Britain is mentioned they are absolutely silent. They evade the thing. SARDAR SWARANSINGH: I would say that this observation of the hon. Member is very unkind. We have in very unmistakable and clear terms stated our position in relation to important matters where we did not agree with the British attitude in Rhodesia, in supply of arms to South, Africa, on general question of colonialism and it is unkind on particular situation we should concentrate on this problem and I would repeat that we should be careful not to open too many fronts.