পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৯১৭

brb> বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড operational readiness. Since then the Pakistani forces have indulged in a series of provocative acts. There has been a large number of border violations, on land and also in the air. There has been extensive shelling of Indian territory by Pakistanis on our eastern borders resulting in considerable damage to property and also in loss of life and injury to a number of our own citizens and also to many refugees seeking shelter on our soil. Fire has been exchanged along the Cease Fire Line. Many acts of sabotage have been committed along our eastern frontiers in an attempt to disrupt our lines of communication. I do not, Sir, wish to exaggerate but the situation on our borders is very serious indeed. The Pak forces have the advantage of nearer interior lines. Their Armoured Divisions which have been put into a full state of readiness, are posed to act in full concert. The reports received by us indicate preemptive strikes on our airfields as part of their plans. In such a situation, we have no alternative but to move our forces to our Western border. Today our Defense Forces are deployed along the eastern and western borders in a full state of readiness to meet all eventualities. The morale of our Jawan is very high. The morale of the people in the border districts is high: they have lent their whole-hearted support to the Defense Forces in organizing our defense all along the border. Steps have also been taken to guard vital points and installations against sabotage and against air attacks. We are determined to defeat any attack on our territory and to carry the war, if need be. to the soil of the aggressor. I trust our vigilance and preparedness will deter the military rulers of Pakistan from carrying out their threats to make war upon us for a third time. We do not propose to relax our vigilance or withdraw our troops from the borders, until a satisfactory solution is found to the situation in Bangla Desh which shall induce and enable the Refugees to return to their homeland. I wish the futility of military suppressing the people of Bangla Desh dawns on Islamabad and men in position of authority and influence heed the lessons of history and listen attentively to saner counsels. I fervently hope that Pakistani rulers persuade themselves to abandon the course on which they have embarked, to retract their threats to us and to find a political solution to Bangla Desh which will be acceptable to the already elected representatives of the people under the leadership of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This is the only course which will ensure democratic freedoms to all people on this subcontinent providing them an opportunity to devote themselves to the peaceful tasks of economic and social progress. SHRI S. M. BANERJEE: I fully agree with the Minister when he says that the genesis of the tense situation on our borders with Pakistan is the confrontation between the military rulers and the people of Bangla Desh. I am aware that with the intensification of the liberation movement in Bangla Desh by the brave and undaunted Mukti Bahini, the dictator of the military regime in Pakistan has completely lost his mental balance. Now they want to provoke our country for a war because they know that a solution lies only in internationalizing the situation and taking it into the doors or lap of the UNO and having observers sent here so that the liberation movement in Bangla Desh is stopped. Here I must take the opportunity to congratulate our brothers and sisters of the Mukti Bahini