পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (পঞ্চম খণ্ড).pdf/৫১৬

492 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ পঞ্চম খন্ড After the heinous betrayal of the people of Bangladesh he suddenly postponed on February 28 the scheduled opening session of the National Assembly. Sheikh Mujib had every right to opt for armed struggle against the vicious junta, the usurpers of people's, power, and its feudal and capitalist collaborators like Bhuttos, Saigols and Adamjees. But icing it heart-and-soul democrat he still hoped against hope. He chose a nonviolent means to give Yahya and his gang the last chance. But the criminals seized the, opportunity to prepare for one of history's grisliest crimes. If Sheikh really had organized armed rebellion he would not be in Yahya's prison now to swallow indignities and suffer tortures from such scrums of (he earth. The fact is, if Yahya had anticipated the kind of armed struggle that the people of Bangladesh have succeeded in mobilising despite the sudden, unsuspecting onslaught by not, less than 5 divisions of Pakistani animals in human garb, things would have been quite different now. He and his collaborators would have come to the table like good boys for talks. Sheikh Mujib through his Six Points Charter had given them the last opportunity to save Pakistan through a partnership of equals. But then Pakistani army generals are not supposed to be visionaries nor are they supposed to be politician by any measure. Quite naturally, thus, they were intoxicated with the armed might that they had acquired hut paid for by the poverty-stricken people, they led themselves into believing that by indiscriminate murder, rape, loot and arson hey would be able to cow down the 75 million people of Bangladesh within 72 hours to urn Bangladesh into colonial paradise for the Pakistani coterie for centuries and the Bengalees would be forced to serve their Pakistani masters. However ridiculous the idea night have been it fitted perfectly with the mentality of the man who, even in this stage of civilization, quite shamelessly boasts of his decadency from that mass-killing pagan Nadir Shah in presence of foreign journalists. As the days of tyrants molding human destiny are over, Yahya despite the infernal massacre campaign in Bangladesh, is now faced with an unavoidable defeat. Bengalees are poised to prove that it is the people and not a handful of tyrants who would choose the course of future history. The Daily Mail interview also reveals that Yahya has at last started talking about independent Bangladesh however reluctantly. He has accused India of trying to install in Bangladesh a puppet' government. This is indeed an observation of great humor. The elected representatives of Bangladesh would form a 'puppetl government and Yahya's quislings in Dacca have formed a 'representative' government! Even a look through the wrong end of the telescope" would produce a better observation. Perhaps the same cupidity is also responsible for the so-called bye-elections for choosing obedient quislings. I leave the conclusion to the listeners. Let us assure Yahya and the world that Bangladesh Liberation Forces are new quite capable of driving out the Pakistani invaders from the soil of Bangladesh. All India should do now is to remain war-ready to counter Pakistani onslaught against her sovereignty. Yahya has apparently told both Newsweek and the Daily Mail that he would definitely go to war with India. He has even talked of Chinese arms aid in case of a War. This is probably a bluff-meant to bolster up Pakistani morale. Cleverly he did not mention U. S. arms aid. Pakistani war adventure in 1965 has proved quite clearly that no country can fight a modern war without a war industry-with