পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৭৭৪

Գ8br বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড Sir, Parliament has got a decisive role during the period of the emergency. The Government must see that Parliament is enabled to perform its due functions in the matter of consultations and advice that parliament may have to give in the discharge of the grave functions by the Government. I heard it said from an hon. Member that a national Government is probably a necessity. I do not agree. I do not think, Sir, that there is any emergency of the nature to constitute a national Government, for we have today probably the strongest Central Government after independence and probably the strongest Prime Minister. Therefore, all the more there is absolutely no reason for a national Government to be constituted. Sir, the Opposition certainly will have its duties and responsibilities. A few minutes back, we saw all sections of the House, all representatives and leaders of political parties, unite and give their support and unstinted cooperation to the Government in the discharge of its duties and responsibilities in the grave hours that are ahead for us. But certainly, Sir, the Opposition has got to discharge its duties and responsibilities in a constructively critical manner. I would, therefore, take this opportunity to warn the Government that if there are mistakes, the Opposition in this country will be frank enough to point out those mistakes to the Government and the Government would have to own up those mistakes, and the Government would have to correct those mistakes. It is not as if a Government can function without any mistakes or oversight. As a constructive Opposition in Parliament and outside, the parties of the Opposition will be able to play their critical role hereafter and see that the Government is corrected, if mistakes are committed by the Government. I would suggest that Parliament should meet more often than previously. I would also suggest that a prominent role should be given particularly to the Consultative Committee on Defense Affairs. I would also suggest that the parliamentary Consultative Committee on Defense Affairs should be immediately reconstituted with leaders of all the political parties in both Houses of Parliament being included in that Committee. As has been rightly pointed out by the hon. Defense Minister in the statement that he made this morning, we have got to see that production and output are increased during the period of the emergency. We have got to see that prices stabilize themselves instead of rising, during the period of the emergency. For all this, a sincere cooperation on the part of the industrialists and the commercial people in this country is necessary. And the Government on its part would have to take prompt and necessary action to see that prices are not enhanced and production continuous unabated in this country. For even if we win the war with Pakistan, we cannot lose war against poverty that we have been waging inside the country. The Planning Commission, the Planning Ministry and the Planning Minister will have to concentrate in better and more sincere terms hereafter, on the development of this country, the overall build-up of the Plan and the success of the Plan. With this, I extend my cooperation to the work of the Government during the period of the emergency. MR. CHAIRMAN: Mr. Shyam Lal Yadav--the last speaker on my list. শ্ৰী শ্যামলাল যাদব (উত্তর প্রদেশ): সভাপতি মহোদয়, আজকের সংকটকালে সকল দল সরকারের ংগে রয়েছে। আমাদের দলের সভাপতি, চৌধুরী চরণ সিংহ এর আগে পরিষদের বাইরেও একথা সুস্পষ্টভাবে