Asked how he would react if the leader of the majority party in East Pakistan. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman gave representation at the Central level to the leaders of minority
Parties in West Pakistan, Mr. Bhutto said that his party “represented the will of the majority of the people of West Pakistan. if this party is excluded it will imply the will of the majority of people of this Wing has been ignored.”
Geographical Distance
Mr. Bhutto reiterated that in the situation faced by Pakistan, having a geographical distance between the two parts, “the rule of majority did not apply”. The majority party “must take into account in the Governance of the country, the wishes of the majority Party of this Wing”, he added.
Mr. Bhutto said that in the event of transfer of power to the majority party of this Wing, the PPP would “certainly give representation to the North West Frontier Province and Baluchistan”.
The PPP leader denied accusation against him that in his talks with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Dacca in January last, he discussed with him the sharing of power. He said that it was a lie circulated by certain individuals who had been “most unkind” to him.
He said that if this was the position, he would have agreed to the six-point programme straight away and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman “would have been happy to accommodate him in the Government.”
Mr. Bhutto said that there was no question of the PPP and its leader wanting power. “The people want us to come into power and fulfill our promises for bettering their hot”.
Mr. Bhutto said that power in the Central should be transferred to the majority parties of both the Wings and in the provinces to the majority parties in the provinces.
