পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৭৫৫

৭২৯ বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড because of words; one is angry at what is happening in Bangladesh. One is angry because it seems to us such an unnecessary tragedy. It has token the live of millions of people and has uprooted millions of people from their homes. it is not only those who have come to our refugee camps who are uprooted but from what one hears from foreign correspondents and those who have been to Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh, the entire country is like a refugee camp; that is vast masses of the population are moving from village nobody knows who belongs to which village. When they are harassed in one area and when they see an empty village or part of an empty village they may settle down there or they may find that they cannot live there and they move on. So the conditions there are quite chaotic but I would only like to say that the Jan Sangh has its own manner of functioning. They are welcome to it. They have seen I think in the past whether it has brought them honor or success. We have a different way of functioning and we are going to stick to our way which I think is certainly more dignified and gets us better results also. Now there was one point. I think it was Prof. Ruthnaswamy who said something about the Indo Soviet Treaty being a handicap in the Prime Minister's baggage. I do not know who is handicapped; it certainly did not handicap me. No foreign official or head of State or Government whom I met even mentioned the Treaty. The question was asked at press conferences. Nobody else was at all concerned. I think they understood the situation; people may use these phrases but I do not think anybody really thinks that India has changed her policy or is going to change her policy. In fact my own guess is part of the reason why we irritate other people so much is just this that they find it irritating that here is a government and people who are not willing to change at their request or at their hint or whatever it is. Shri Chatterjee spoke of my concentrating on seeking financial aid for the refugees. This also I explained everywhere. I have never asked for financial aid. It was again in reply to questions at press conferences that I have said that the help from the international community has been negligible which it has been and I can hardly not answer a simple question like that I have never asked for help of this kind or another neither have I given any advice to foreign Government. I have said it is for you to decide what is in your national interest; we cannot expect you to decide what is in your national interest; we cannot expect you to do something which is not in your national interests but we think what is happening here on the sub continent and its likely consequences will affect peach in Asia and therefore peach in the world. I think all the countries will be affected by it in the long run and it is better they realized the situation and faced up to it now rather than make changes in their policy later on. Something else Shri Chatterjee said. I do not know whether I misunderstood him. Did he say that I had said either the Mukti Bahini or those who are fighting were seeking a solution within Pakistan? My point has been that it is only the people of Bangladesh who have the authority to say what they want: I mean they know what they want. I do not think I have the authority to say on their behalf that this is what should be the solution. So far as I am concerned i can give my view, as I did give my view that they would not now settle for anything less than liberation. I told them very clearly that if any talks are to be held, it should be with