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having emerged between the Punjabi ladders (with feeble support from old guard Bengali leaders on the one hand) and Sheikh Mujib representing the emerging Bengali nationalism, which expressed itself in a demand for substantial regional autonomy.

 The Government was quick to appreciate and exploit the situation. By highlighting that a militant nationalist trend represented by Sheikh Mujib and his six point had emerged among the Bengalis the Government sought not only to discredit the Punjabi opposition leaders as much for their failure to forge a united east west opposition front as for betraying the Punjabi interest by association witch Sheikh Mujib whose six points presented a grave threat to that interest the government in this way aimed once again to restore unity among the west Pakistani (Punjab) ruling clite which had become divided and a section of which was seeking to secure its interest through an opposition role.

 The fact the Government could exploit this situation to its advantage has led to the unfounded allegation, made by such persons as Bhutto and S.M. Zafar, Ayub's Law Minister that Sheikh Mujib had been influenced by persons close to the government to present third programme so as to wreck opposition unity. This allegation was palpably false as the savage repression by the Ayub government of the six point movement was to demonstrate.

 The six point formula was set out in a written statement which was to have been placed before the Lahore conference. This statement was published under the title six point formula—Our Right to Live by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 23 March 1966. It was presented as a statement of basic principles of affirms solution of the countries inter wing political and economic problems it was emphasized that these demands were no new points invented afresh by me or any individual, but are in reality long standing demands of the people and pledges of their leaders awaiting fulfillment for decades.

 The six point as formulated in this statement were:

 Point 1: The Constitution should provide for a federation of Pakistan in its true sense on the basis of the Lahore Resolution, and parliamentary form of government with supremacy of legislature directly elected on the basis of universal adult franchise

 Point 2: Federal Government shall deal with only two subjects, viz: Defiance and foreign affairs and all other residuary subjects shall vest in the federation States

 Point 3: Either of the two following measures (should be adopted) with regard to currency:

 A. Two separate but freely convertible currencies for the two wings may be introduced, or

 B. One currency for the whole country may be maintained. In this case, effective constitutional provisions are to be made to stop flight of capital from East to west Pakistan. Separate Banking Reserve is to be made and separate fiscal and monetary policy to be adopted for East Pakistan.”