পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড).pdf/৯৩৯

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あ〉○ বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড Sir , I have no doubt that the whole nation today will not only accept this challenge but will accept it as a crusade in the defence of the highest values, the values of freedom and democracy which we cherish so high but which are denied to the people of Pakistan. Sir, in this hour of discharging our supreme task, I on behalf of the socialist party of India, Place myself and my Party totally to this supreme task of defending our national honour and national security. It will go down in history that the treacherous aggression committed by Yahya khan has in a sense raised the soul of India to a new height. It is that India, India of Mahatma Gandhi, India of Pandit Jawaharalal Nehru, India of Netaji Subhash Chander Bose, that India which can even take the risk of the whole nation, the risk of immense sacrifices, of immense suffering and risk of undergoing immense loss in defence of freedom and democracy, whatever it may be endangered, and it has been endangered in a part which by the historic bond and heritage of three thousand years of Indian civilization was a part and parcel of our nation, was a part and parcel of our old-self. Therefore, if we have to take the risk and risk our all in defence of freedom and democracy of Bangladesh when today the imperialist power the colonialist power of the world are completely submerged in their old power politics and in their old parochial and narrow “isms’, the future history of the world, the future history of humanity will say that here was nation which stood for defence of freedom and democracy of a part of a people where a military dictator wanted to butcher and wanted to butcher and wanted to commit one of the heinous crimes that world history had ever seen. Today, the freedom struggle of Bangladesh has become the freedom struggle of India also. Today, let our friends in Bangladesh know that now it is not the freedom struggle of 7.5 crores of Bengalis only but of the 55 crores of Indians also. The Yahya regime should know that it is a joint struggle in defence of the highest values of freedom and democracy of these 63 crores of people. Already my hon. friends have paid a glowing tribute to the freedom-fighters of Bangladesh. I need not add more because I know that this whole House, the whole Parliament and the whole Indian nation today is one inpaying glowing tribute to the freedom-fighters of Bangladesh, is one in committing ourselves to their highest cause and to their destiny. I would like to add only one more words for the Prime Minister. Today, she is not an individual; she is not the leader of a party only; she is not even the prime Minister of India only; she is the flaming sword of the national, personality of our country today. The whole nation will do everything possible to see that this flaming sword of the Mahashakit-the people of India believe in the cult of Mahashakit-will not remain content merely with repelling Pak aggression, will not remain content merely with defending our national border only, but for good and forever crush the machinery, that war machinery, that barbarous savage machinery of the Pak dictatorship which is geared to crush the freedom and democracy of the people of Bangla Desh. A snake half-beaten is dangerous. A snake is to be beaten and is to be beaten completely and for good, and we want that the snake of Yahya Khan should be beaten and beaten completely.