পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৭৫৯

વ૭૭ বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড morally and politically paralyzed. Belated efforts to persuade the Islamabad regime to take some step which would lead to a lasting solution fell on deaf ears. The wrath of the West Pakistan army has been aroused because the people of Bangladesh have stood and struggled for values which the army is unable to comprehend, and which it has suppress in every province of Pakistan. As the Mukti Bahini's effectiveness increased the West Pakistan army became more desperate. Our tradition is to stand not with tyrants but with the stand not with tyrants but with the oppressed. And so the anger has been turned upon us. West Pakistan has escalated and enlarged the aggression against Bangladesh into full war against India. War needs as much patience and self restraint as does peace. Military regime of West Pakistan will go all out to sow suspicion and rumor in the hope of fermenting communal tension and internal trouble. Let us not be taken in by their designs. We must maintain unity and a sense of high purpose. We should be prepared for a long struggle High production agricultural and industrial is the foundation upon which defense rests. The courage and fighting capability of the Jawans have to be backed by the dedication of the farmer the worker the technician and the trader the business community has a social responsibility to resist the temptation to hoard or to charge higher profit. Artists and writers teachers and students the nation looks to them to defend our ideals and to keep high our morale. To the women of our country, I make a special appeal to save every possible grain and rupee, to avoid waste. The sacrifice of each of us will build the nations strength and enduring power. The brave japans airmen and sailors and their tough and resourceful officers will do their duty. Let each of us do ours. We have stood for peace but peace itself has to be defended. Today we are fighting to safeguard our territorial integrity and national honor. Above all we are fighting for the ideals we cherish and the cause of freedom. MR. CHAIRMAN: I shall call the leaders of the different groups one by one and the speeches should be very brief. Mr. Gurupadaswamy. THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION (SHRI M.S. GURUPADASWAMY); Mr. Chairman, Sir, this is not the time for us as and they country to waver to hesitate and to falter. This is not the time for recrimination or difference and this is not the time when we are to ask the country what the country will give to us. This is indeed the time when we have to ask ourselves what we have to give to our our country and from this point of view and in this spirit, I look upon the present grave situation that is confronting us. This is a grave hour and also, I consider a most historic hour to our country Pakistan has attacked us for the third time in the short history of 25 years and this conflict I hope other Members will also share my view is going to be a final conflict to put an end to all conflicts in the future.