পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বিতীয় খণ্ড).pdf/৬২৩

596 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বিতীয় খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ‘পিপলস পার্টি জাতীয় পরিষদে বিরোধী দলের আসনে বসেন না’ পাকিস্তান ২১ ডিসেম্বর, ১৯৭০ বলে ভুট্টোর ঘোষণা টাইমস; PEOPLE'S PARTY WILL NOT SIT IN OPPOSITION NO CONSTITUTION WITHOUT OUR CO-OPERATION. Mr. Z. A. Bhutto’s statement in Lahore on December 20, 1970. Mr. Z. A. Bhutto, Chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party declared in Lahore on Sunday that no Constitution could be framed nor could any government at the Centre be run without his party's co-operation. The PPP, he added, was not prepared to occupy the Opposition Benches in the National Assembly, He said that the PPP could not wait for another five years and that it did not hold power, the pledges made by the party to the people would not be redeemed and their problems would not be solved. Addressing a huge crowd outside the Punjab Assembly Chambers at the termination of his seven-mile long procession four hours after his arrival from Larkana, Mr. Bhutto said that he had all regards for Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who had returned with great majority of the Awami League in the National Assembly, but, he added “majority alone doesn't count in national politics”. He said that the PPP had won majority in the provincial Assemblies of Punjab and Sind and added that the real power of the Centre lay in these two provinces. No government at the Centre therefore could be run without the PPP's co-operation, he added. He said that the PPP would endeavor to frame a people’s Constitution for Pakistan with maximum provincial autonomy for all provinces. One Unit had been dissolved and all provinces revived in West Pakistan. For giving autonomy to the provinces, the PPP’s co-operation was essential he added. 米 :: 求 :: :k Earlier, he explained how the PPP fought against the Ayub regime and what hardships it had to undergo in its struggle to overthrow dictatorship. In this connection he referred to the efforts of former President Ayub Khan to perpetuate himself in power by convening a Round Table Conference which he said, was a clear conspiracy against the people of Pakistan. That was the reason, he explained, that the PPP had refused to participate in RTC because it was the game of Ayub Khan to remain in power by conceding the principle of parliamentary form of government.