পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৬৯২

\yყNo) বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড Government of India. If the Government of India had correctly assessed the situation, had the wisdom and the courage and the forethought, it would have been possible for the Government of India to respond to the call of the freedom forces of Bangladesh and the Government of India would have really helped the freedom forces if early recognition had been accorded. Sir, we are as a nation losing that opportunity very fast, a golden opportunity, a rare opportunity now slipping away from our hands, an opportunity which if it had been seized would have brought about a miracle of change, a metamorphosis which would have created a new Government in Bangladesh, a new political reality, which would have enabled these forces to establish a sovereign democratic Government. It is known that without sympathetic external assistance by fraternal Groups and nations, no freedom struggle will be a success in this world. It is so because the other like-minded nations also come min automatically. They have got to play a role; they influence events. I ask this Government most humbly whether they have played their role properly, whether they have conducted themselves well, whether it is not a fact that this rare occasion has been allowed to slip away from our hands. The Government is still harping upon recognition being given late. Mr. Swaran Singh is not opposed to recognition. Neither is he for recognition. This is a very curious position to take. This House is faced with a situation where the Government is neither positive nor negative. I can very well understand if the Government says that says that we are not concerned with Bangladesh and we are not recognition Bangladesh. That is not position of the Government. Not does the Government say that they would accord recognition. Therefore, I say, the Government is paying the typical, classical role of Hamlet. You know, Sir, what Hamlet in the play did. "To do or not to do". The Government of India is in a similar situation today to or not to do. They have got strength. They have got power, I am Sure. SHRI SASANKASEKHR SANYAL (West Bangle): The Government knows very well what to do and what not to do. SHRI M.S. GURUPADASWAMY: They have got the wherewithal to face the situation, but the tragedy of the Government is there is no awareness on their part, there is no appreciation of the reality. They do not know that the opportunity is slipping from their hands. Do they honestly believe that in a distant future there will be opportunity when they will recognize Bangladesh. Are they honest about it is not a fact that it is their hesitation, their procrastination, their vacillation, looking outside always, not looking to themselves, which has caused a great damage to ourselves and which has caused a great damage to the freedom fighters. The Government started by saying that Bangladesh is not the issue of Bangladesh alone, but that it is also an international issue, there they went wrong. It was primarily their issue and our issue. And having taken that false position, they had to justify themselves, they had to have globe-trotting, they had to send their emissaries. Ministers and others, to other countries. Instead of taking a decision here, they resorted to glob-trotting and travels abroad. They made it an international issue. And with what results? Today because of our own action in trying to make it appear an international issue, we gave opportunity and scope, to other powers, in particular, the United States to twist and change the very character and nature of the struggle. When we said it is an international issue, the other Governments naturally felt happy that they could intervene, that they could suggest manythings. Today there is a suggestion that