পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৭৩২

°のと。 বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড Situation. Several suggestions have been made all of which are suggestion to which we have no objection at al. if we have a Resolution or I ask U Thant to go to Islamabad I see no objection in it but the only question that comes to my mind is, will it be effective, what will be the result? As some hon. Members have said there with a military regime which has been acting in the way that we have all seen and heard about, it will only disregard our Resolution or any feelings we may express with impunity. Whether U Thant will be willing to go after the sort of statement which he had issued is another question which comes to mind. SHRI N. G. GOREY: He has failed to understand the gravity of the situation all along. SHRIA. D. MANI (Madhya Pradesh): It will build public opinion. SHRIMATI INDIRA GANDHI: As said, I have no objection to asking him to go; the oSnly question in my mind is whether it will have any effect whether in fact he will go as a result of my letter. We have also to contend with the fact that whatever we do further irritates the military regime in West Pakistan so that whether we are the best people to be in the forefront of any of his movement is also a question to be considered. This is why if sometimes we have not spoken as loudly or as strongly as hon. Members have wished, it is not because we do not tell about his matter acutely but because of the thought as to what would be the effect. Would it create the opposite effect in the minds of increase certain-I do not want to use the word stubborn-that kind of thing; if these people are saying this that is all the more reason why we shall go ahead with that. It can create that kind of reaction. These are some of the question which we must all consider before we decide what we do. We have not left a single stone unturned in trying to bring to the notice of the World Governments what is happening, the result it can have in this entire area, specially our assessment of the future of that region and that we do think that what has happened in Bangladesh cannot be reversed. Something is happening and we all know from history that the sort of action that the Government of West Pakistan is contemplating will not have the sort of results which they hope it will have; it will have the opposite result. As hon. Member have mentioned here martyrdom does not end something; it begins something. It makes the man immortal and it is always bound to strengthen his cause. These are some of the questions which use and which we must keep in mind. If hon. members of the opposition like we can sit together and further talk about this matter. As I said, I personally, or the Government has no objection to any of the suggestions that have been made here and I would like to share with them the anxiety which arises in my mind. Now, hon. Members have rightly pointed out that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today is not just an individual. Whatever his good qualities or otherwise-I do not know him personally-he has become a symbol of the aspirations, he urges and the hopes of the people of Bangladesh. He is the embodiment of the suffering and the spirit of sacrifice of a very long suffering people, a people who are extraordinary gifted, sensitive and who have generally been of a more revolutionary mould than many others. So while we must continue all our efforts, if we can think of anything that will have actual effect then we should certainly do it. Nobody can be satisfied with what is happening.