brs> বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড MR. CHAIRIVIAN: These amendments are now before the House. SHRI KRISHNA HALDER (Ausgram) : Mr. Chairman, Sir, I want to speak today in my mother-tongue Bengali.
- Mr. Chairman. Sir, I want to speak today in my mother tongue. Bengali. Sir, it is a matter of great regret to people of India, a great shame to the Government of India that a non-official resolution had to be brought forward in this House pleading for the recognition of Bangladesh. It is known to the entire world what happened in Bangladesh before the present liberation struggle started there. In the present Bangladesh-previously known as East Pakistan-6O per cent of the total population of Pakistan live there and it is the biggest unit of Pakistan. It is also known to everybody that the people of Bangladesh had to resort to a serious agitation in order to get official recognition for their mother tongue. They demanded that their language should be given official status and it should be used in official work.
The military rulers of Pakistan were earning foreign exchange worth crores of rupees from the Jute grown in East Bengal. So long the people of East Bengal had been subject to economic exploitation by the military rulers of West Pakistan. The people there were deprived of their constitution and democratic rights. The protest against economic exploitation and political domination by West Pakistan found its first expression in the language agitation. But reactionary rulers of West Pakistan tried to suppress that language movement through brute force and the soil of Bangladesh was drenched with the blood of many martyrs. After the downfall of Ayub Khan, the military rulers again tried to deprive the people of Bangladesh of their constitutional and democratic rights. Even the minimum basic human rights were denied to them; so they again struggled against military authorities through constitutional means in order to establish their human rights. When the people of Bangladesh saw hope in getting back their constitutional and democratic rights after their massive victory in the election, the Pakistani rulers again tried to suppress their democratic aspirations with the help of an organised and mechanized army. It was an attempt to suppress the democratic aspirations of the people through brute force, Sir, it is known to everybody that since Bangabandhu Mujibur Rahman stood against the military rulers of Pakistan for democratic rights of his people. He was arrested on false and imaginary charges and now he is passing his days in detention without trial. Sir, the people of Bangladesh have sacrificed their blood in order to secure their democratic rights from the military rulers of Pakistan. Many of them have already become martyrs. It is known to the entire world that after undergoing so much sacrifice and suffering the people of Bangladesh have been able to secure their rights from the military rulers of Pakistan. They have proved to the world that military might is not the most important factor in human affairs. If a nation, though unarmed, fights united with determination and sacrifice for their democratic rights. There is no power on earth which can subjugate that nation. When Ayub Khan wanted to suppress the democratic movement in Bangladesh how much blood the people of present Bangladesh shed for achieving their rights, is known to everybody. After so much struggle and sacrifice the
