পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বিতীয় খণ্ড).pdf/৫৮৬

559 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বিতীয় খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ শেখ মুজিবুর রহমানের নির্বাচনী ভাষণ এ,পি,পি ২৮ অক্টোবর, ১৯৭০ Rawalpindi, Oct. 28: The President of All-Pakistan Awami League, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has stressed the need for a "real and living" democracy and justice between the country's regions by granting full regional autonomy to the federation units on the basis of his party's six point formula. In a 30-minute speech over Radio and Television today, the first of the series arranged by the government to enable political leaders to inform the people about their party manifestos and programmes, he said: "within such a federal democratic frame- work, radical economic programmes must be implemented to bring about a social revolution." The Awami League Chief said that re-ordering of the constitutional structure by giving full regional autonomy to the federating units on the basis of his party's six point formula presented a "rational solution" to the problem of regional injustice. He said: Such autonomy in order to be effective must include the power of managing the economy, that is why he insist upon federating units having control over monetary and fiscal policy and foreign exchange earnings and other powers to negotiate foreign trade and aid. He said a just federal balance would be attained by giving to the federating units full control over their economic destiny, while entrusting to the federal government "responsibility over foreign affairs and defense and subject to certain safeguards currency." Sheikh Mujib spoke of the "appalling record of economic disparity existing between the two wings. After 22 years, Bengalis account for barely 15 p.c. and less than 10 p.c. in the defense services." He said the total economic impact of discrimination has been that the economy of Bengal is today in a state of imminent collapse. He also charged that variation in the prices of commodities is a product of management of the economy for 22 years by the Central government. He said fourth plan allocations are a confession of the failure of the central government, however powerful it might be, to redress past injustices. Federal Services Elaborating the Awami League's federal scheme, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman said it also envisaged abolition of all Pakistan services and their replacement by federal services in which recruitment would be made on the basis of population from all parts of Pakistan, He said, "We also believe that maintenance of a militia as a paramilitary force will effectively contribute towards national security."