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concerned. It was only occasionally that such party workers had an occasion to come to Dacca and meet the leaders here.

 The party paper Ittefaq' has been subtly trying to create a feeling of resentment against the present regime on the issue of disparity in the economic developments in the two wings.

 After the announcement by the President that the Constitution would be declared shortly, the reaction among the different political groups has been somewhat confused as to whether the Constitution should be opposed or whether they should form an alliance and fight the elections. The attitude of the senior and disqualified leaders of the Awami League under EBDO towards the Constitution is one of hostility and noncooperation. They were inclined to boycott the coming general elections. On the other hand, the younger group of leaders in the ranks of the Awami League held that by not participating extensively in the elections to the Basic Democracies, they had committed a mistake and that if they boycott the ensuing general elections they would be finished forever. They held that it is only by participating in the ensuing elections that they would be able to survive as a political party.

 During the recent stay of Mr. Suhrawardy in Dacca Messrs Ataur Rahman Khan. Abul Mansur Ahmad, Sk. Mujibur Rahman, Abdul Jabbar Khaddar and a few others frequently visited him and held informal discussions. The Constitution and the coming general elections were reported to have been the topics of their discussions. It is reported that Mr. Suhrawardy was more inclined to support the views of the Ebdoed group. IIc, however, asked the other group to assess their chances in their respective constituencies after which a decision as to whether the Constitution should be opposed or not could be taken. They thus did not even appear to have formulated a clear-cut policy or line of action to be followed after the announcement of the Constitution. In fact, they appeared to have been very much divided amongst themselves.

 The Councilors of Basic Democracies have been smarting under the feeling that ex- political workers particularly of the Awami League and National Awami Party, looked down upon them. As a consequence there has been a feeling amongst them that they should think of electing representatives for the future Parliament and Assembly from amongst themselves as far as possible. An analysis of the composition of Basic Democrats shows that out F 40,000 elected Basic Councilors, only 290 have past political records. A rough survey has shown that over 29% are pro-Muslim Leaguers, 22% pro-Awami Leaguers and 26% independent and the rest belong to various other political and communal groups. In view of this it was unlikely that followers of the Awami League would be able to receive a large number of seats in the forthcoming elections.

 The Communists in spite of large number of preventive detention had continued to work underground. Their potentialities have considerably declined. Even with their weakened strength they exhibited determination to try to do everything possible to create an agitation against the Constitution on the score of its being undemocratic and