পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৬৭৪

ყy8br বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড Mujibur Rahman through democratic processes: through the ballot box. Yahya Khan was a rebel. Yahya khan had no justification, legal or otherwise to, subvert a legal, democratic Government formed in Bangladesh. SHRI KALYAN ROY (West Bangal): What about Gen. Franco? SHRIM. C. CHAGLA: Yes, I would say that it so. But, even in Franco's case, he came as a sort of an outsider. But it is true that he tried to subvert the constitutional Government of Spain in the unfortunate civil war days. Sir, that was not a case again where a majority was trying to keep the minority within its fold, within the fold of the country. As I said before, Yahya Khan is representing a minority and it was the minority that was trying to subvert the majority not by political means, but by the very simple means of massacring as many millions of them as possible so that the majority should become the minority. Sir, the most important result of recognition of Bangladesh would have been that legally, legitimately and under international law, we could have supplied arms to Bangladesh and if we had supplied arms to Bangladesh, then Bangladesh would have been in a position, if not completely to drive out the Pakistan army, but at least to keep a large part of Bangladesh within its jurisdiction, within its domination, within its control. But, by not giving arms to Bangladesh, by not recognizing Bangladesh, you have permitted a situation to arise in Pakistan which is disastrous for the country. Now what has happened? Sir, the poor Bangladesh has been swept by the Army. Pakistan is in military occupation of that country. These brave, gallant men-and my heart goes out to them and one is moved to tears when one thinks of what Bangladesh is going throug-are crying on guerilla warfare there. But the Government should have foreseen and I accuse them of negligence, grave negligence. They should have foreseen that if they did not resist the Pakistan military machine, not by going there and fighting themselves. I am not suggesting that but by recognizing Bangladesh and giving all arms to Bangladesh, the result would have been that hundreds of thousands of these refugees would have not come to India. They have come to India. But this Government could have prevented it. I say it could have prevented this. These 6 million refugees would not have been here. Now, Sir with regard to refugees, I wish to say something. Sir, I pay handsome compliments to the Government for what they done for the refugees. I think we should be proud as a country that we have taken upon ourselves the burden of receiving them, housing them and feeding them. It means a tremendous burden on our economy. Taxation is high enough but I see, my friend, the Finance Minister, is going to ask for Supplementary Grants in the Lok Sabha very soon. But, Sir how long is we going to bear this burden? I wish to assure this house that the international community is not going to help us all the time. A lot of money has been given by some countries. SHRIKALYAN ROY: Very little. SHRI M. C. CHAGLA: But this is only for this year. If these refugees continue to come from year to year to year we will not be able to get anything at all and if we have to maintain