পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৬০১

(୪୩ (୪ বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড SARI RAJNARAIN: What is there to study. SARDAR SWARAN SINGH: I am accustomed to studying. SHRI RAJNARAIN: The words "Bangladesh" have been used in your Statement itself. SHRIBHUPESH GUPTA: Nothing is there to be studied. The Prime Minister has been using the words "Bangladesh" frequently now. The Defense Minister has been using the words "Bangladesh". This is our language. It has a political connotation; it has a moral connotation. SARDAR SWARAN SINGH: The same words have been used in several other replies, as you pointed out, but I would like to study what transpired when I was away and I will certainly abide by whatever convention was adopted. Mr. CHAIRMAN: I hope, Mr. Minister, you will take note of the wishes of the house Now Mr. Mohta. SHRI M. K. MOHTA: Sir, the hon. Minister has said that the Government of the USA is hiding behind technicalities when the US Government says that no new authorization has been permitted after the 25th of March. Sir, I accuse the Government of India also of hiding behind technicalities and playing with the lives of the millions of refugees coming from Bangladesh into West Bengal, Assam and other Border States of India. This House is entitled to know what are the reasons why the Government of India would not take steps to intercept the arms supplies to Pakistan which are going to be used against the unarmed people of Bangladesh and also against the people of India. This House is entitled to know the reasons that the Government has in mind. Secondly, Sir, I would like to ask the hon. Minister whether it is not a fact that among the shipments from the USA are included the components required by Pakistan to convert their civil planes also into military planes to be used against Bangladesh, whether it is a fact or not, and if it is a fact, whether the Government of India has protested to the US Government against this. Lastly, I would like to know which are the countries that have given arms aid to Pakistan since the conflict in Bangladesh and what is the quantum of such arms. SARDAR SWARAN SINGH: With regard to the first question, this really depends on the manner in which you deal with this problem Let us be quite clear when we are suggesting these actions like intercepting the movement of supplies of ships. Then these are obvious steps that are taken when the conflict between the two countries is on the point of escalation. That would be a deliberate step rather than in this manner casually saying you do this or that'. One should carefully weigh as to what will such an action lead to and whether you want to propose to take that action. It will not be wise to make such suggestions in isolation. One has to take a coordinated view and a view of what it leads to and it is only after a deliberate decision is taken that you can take these isolated individual steps. On the second question he said that if the spare parts for civilian planes are there, then they can also be used for military purposes. Yes, they can be. Therefore, any accrual of any economic aid to Pakistan when they are engaged in this bloody action and these atrocities against a people, is something to which we are totally opposed and we have made our position quite clear to the US and to all other countries, whether it is