বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (তৃতীয় খণ্ড)/২১
| শিরোনাম | সূত্র | তারিখ |
|---|---|---|
| পাকিস্তানের প্রেসিডেণ্ট ইয়াহিয়া খানের বক্তৃতার পরিপ্রেক্ষিতে বাংলাদেশের স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রীর মন্তব্য | প্যাট্রিয়ট | ৩০ মে, ১৯৭১ |
Text of comments of Mr. A. H. M. Kamaruzzaman, Bangladesh Home
Minister on Yahya's statement on May 30, 1971.
Somewhere in Bangladesh May 30, (UNI, PTI) Pakistan; President Yahya Khan had resorted to genocide in Bangladesh after “accepting our demand during our parleys” and hence his words would never again be trusted, Bangladesh Home Minister A.H.M. Kamaruzzaman said today.
General Yahya Khan had even promised to announce over the radio his agreement with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 25th March but instead of doing so he ordered his troops to wipe out the Bengali race, he added.
Mr. Kamaruzzaman was commenting on General Yahya Khan reported statement in Karachi that he still intended to transfer power to civilian rule. “To us in Bangladesh the name of General Yahya Khan does not connote a normal human being: It connotes a blood-thirsty cold-blooded murderer, the greatest betrayer in world history the disintegrator of Pakistan.”
As such his words, however sweet or reasonable they might sound, would never be accepted by the people of Bangladesh who would react to them correctly by continuing the fight.
“Alter what has been done-the killing of innocent children and citizens the raping of our women folk and challenging our nationality-it is impossible for the people of Bangladesh to live under a common roof with the Pakistanis. How can we do so when the design of General Yahya Khan and his henchmen is to wipeout the Bengali race?”
The basis of living together should be not merely brotherly feeling an mutual consent but also implicit and explicit respect for each other. But this no longer exists, Mr. Kamaruzzaman said.
LIE NAILED
Referring to General Yahiya Khan’s statement that some of the Awami League MNAS-elect had disqualified themselves from membership by their policies and actions. Mr. Kamaruzzaman said “Pakistani rulers have no right to question the authority of the Awami League members who have received the support of more than 98 per cent of the population.
“The power-drunk Pakistani imposters, who have no respect for democratic values have also no right to judge on the authority of these members.
“It was not the Awami League which broke off the talks. The Awami league had not conceived of a war, not to talk of preparing for it.
“Now that a war has been thrust upon us, we shall continue to fight till the Pakistanis are removed from our holy land.
“Those nations which preach and practice democratic principles and value should try to protect the democratic forces now facing annihilation at the hands of the occupation army in Bangladesh. They really are great who stand by the oppressed and the suffering.”
MARTYRS EXTOLLED
The Home Minister has also announced that the Bangladesh Government has decided to take up the responsibility of the families of those who were killed, seriously injured and disabled in their fight for the liberation of their motherland.
According to a Swadhin Bangla Bctar Kendra broadcast, Mr. Kamaruzzaman has issued a circular to this effect and paid rich tributes to the martyrs and extolled the heroic deeds of the Mukti Fouj.
The circular, released from the Ministry yesterday, said that those brave soldiers and officers, who had shown such exemplary bravery, would be perpetual source of inspiration to the future generations of the Bangla Government.
The broadcast said the government appreciated these heroic fights and would take steps to rehabilitate all the disabled and invalid soldiers and the families of the martyrs.
BENGALIS SACKED
Another broadcast disclosed that the West Pakistani military regime has started systematic elimination of Bengalis from government service and autonomous organizations in the “occupied areas of Bangladesh.”
A broadcast said that out of 1,800 employees of the Pakistan International Airlines, 1,100 employees-all Bengalis-had been screened out.
The broadcast said that 600 Bengali employees of another undertaking had already been served with notice of dismissal. Those who were paid salaries for the month of April, did not receive their pay for March when the non-cooperation movement was launched by the Awami League.
The army authorities appointed a screening committee in order to carry out systematic elimination of all Bengalis from the government offices in the Pakistan occupied areas of Bangladesh, the broadcast added.