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748 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বিতীয় খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ সংখ্যাগরিষ্ঠ ভিত্তিক সরকার, পাকিস্তানের ক্ষেত্রে দ্য ডন ১৬ মার্চ, ১৯৭১ প্রযোজ্য নয়। ভূট্টোর ঘোষণা RULE OF MAJORITY DOES NOT APPLY TO PAKISTAN PPP CANNOT BE IGNORED IN COUNTRY'S GOVERNANCE Report of a Press Conference by Mr. Z.A. BHUTTO on March 15,1971 Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Chairman of the Pakistan People's Party, said here (Karachi) yesterday that the present deadlock on constitution making could not be resolved "by ignoring the wishes of the people of West Pakistan as represented by the majority party in West Wing". He told a Press Conference here that he was not "unhopeful" of resolving the present "inherent crisis" which had now come to surface. Mr. Bhutto said that he supported the demand for lifting of Martial Law and transfer of power to the People's elected representatives. "The sooner the Martial Law is withdrawn the better", he said and added that the mechanism was yet to be worked out for this purpose. He said he did not think that there could be any difficulty resolving the present crisis. He told a questioner that the present crisis was not new. It was there for all the times in the past but it emerged on the surface now. He said that the word "secession" was not being used after this crisis or that the new foreign policy outlooks were not coming to the light after this crisis. They all existed before the current crisis, he said and added that it was now for the "two majority parties" to face this crisis and frame a lasting constitution. Mr. Bhutto said that his party wanted that while transferring power at the Central level it should be transferred to the "two majority parties" of East and West Pakistan. "Our position is that the majority party in East Pakistan together with the majority party in West Pakistan could democratically represent the country". Mr. Bhutto said this proposition did not in any way imply "two Pakistans and two Prime Ministers", one for each Wing. He said that he wanted a united Pakistan. He said that the common man very well understood what he meant by this contention and regretted that a section of the Press was "mischievously" distorting his standpoint. It was misconstrued by vested interests whose ultimate aim is to disintegrate Pakistan. They now stand exposed in the eyes of the people." Mr. Bhutto said that leaders of other political parties were giving a different meaning to his contention. The PPP enjoyed an "axiomatic position" in this behalf, he Said.