পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৯১৯

Ե-ՏՏ) বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড Bangladesh. what are we going to do towards this end? Are we still silent spectators of their sorrow or are we going to recognize Bangladesh? SHRI IAGIIVAN RAM: The two previous supplementary questions are already covered by the reply that I have given. There is no doubt that there had been air violations, as I have stated in the statement, and hon. friends might have read in the newspapers that our aircraft had chased the Pakistani aircraft. SHRIS. M. BANERJEE: But they missed their mark. That was also there. SHRI JAGIIVAN RAM: You can draw your inference. But he wanted to know the instructions. It is obvious that the instruction is that if there is any intrusion, they should be chased away. . . . (Interruption). SHRIATAL BIHARIVAIPAYEE (Gwalior): Or shot down? SHRI JAG] IVAN RAM: So far as shelling on the eastern border in Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya and West Bengal is concerned, I have stated that there had been shelling. But I may assure the House that no Pakistan armed forces personnel has had the courage to come to or to cross the border. If they cross the border, they will be thrown out into Pakistan. . . . (Interruption). That is what the instruction is. The instruction is to silence the guns, I am sure, our Jawans will do that. They have done that. But there is still, I repeat, instruction not to cross the border. As I have stated in the statement just now, if hostility breaks out and if aggression is committed, the instruction is to carry the war into Pakistan's soil. So far as the question of recognition is concerned, it will be done at the appropriate time. SHRI DASARATHA DEB (Tripura East): It has been stated by the Defence Minister that if they enter our territory, our army will cross the border to push them out. But I want to state certain facts and also seek clarification from the Defence Minister. The shelling of mortars and other fire has become a constant feature in the entire Tripura border. Practically not a single night passed without any shelling, Particularly in Belonia, Sonamura, Agartala and Kamalpur towns. Three of these towns have been completely deserted by our people. Only the officials, who have been instructed not to leave the station, are staying there. Others are bound to shift because every day there is shelling. Very recently one very powerful mortar was fired at Agartala town itself where we lost six lives and 20 people were seriously wounded. They are staying in the hospital even now. Not only in these four headquarter towns but in the entire border area every day we are receiving these bullets and people are injured and killed. At Kamalpur town itself, more than 50 people have already been killed during this month. At Kamalsagar, which is not a town but a border area, in Simna-Sidhai area, we lost 50 lives and many were injured. Due to the Pakistani shelling in the border area, huge damage has been done to crops, houses, cattle, etc., and the people have to shift from there.