বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড)/১৪৬
| শিরোনাম | সূত্র | তারিখ |
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| বাংলাদেশকে স্বীকৃতি দানের জন্য মি. এম.সি চাগলার দাবী | টাইমস অফ ইণ্ডিয়া | ১৩জুন, ১৯৭১ |
CHAGLA WANTS INDIA TO RECOGNISE BANGLADESH
“The Times of India” News service
BOMBAY, June 12- While expressing gratitude to India for giving five million refugees from East Pakistan, four leaders of Bangladesh appealed to the Indian Government yesterday to recognize their country.
They made the appeal at a public meeting here and were strongly supported by Mr. M.C Chagla, who said: “India has committed the greatest error is not recognising Bangladesh. History will not forgive us.”
Mr. Chagla, Who presided over the meeting, said that if India had had recognized Bangladesh, it would have given a deadly blow to the two -nation theory, the vicious basis on which Pakistan was formed.
Mr, Phani Bhushan Mazumder, Leader of the Bangladesh delegation now touring India said that if granted recognition to Bangladesh the Mukti Fauj Would get a psychological boost.
He said the other members of the delegation. Mr Shah Moazzem Hossain, Mr. K.M obaidur Rahman and Mrs Noorjhan Murshed felt India should not hesitate to recongnise Bangladesh as both believed in democracy, socialism and secularisem.
Mr. Mazumder said that since the inception of Pakistan, East Pakistan had been exploited by West Pakistan, both economically and politically. Even 56 per cent of the people spoke Bengali, Urdu was imposed as the state language and Bengali students had to sacrifice their lives to resist Urdu.
The uprising in East Pakistan, he said, was spontaneous. The Awami League had fought and won the elections on the six-point programme of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. When the negotiations between Gen. Yahya Khan and the Sheikh were under progress, the people had no idea that Yahya khan was planning the greatest genocide in world history.
Mr. Shah Moazzem Hossain said that the formation of Pakistan was a blunder. The only link between East and West Pakistan was religion, Culturally, they had nothing in common. Many had felt that there was a conspiracy to wipe out the Bengalis. Economically East Pakistan was exploited and, while huge amounts were spent in building new capitals, nothing was spent on East Pakistan.
He said that it was Gen. Yahya Khan, Mr Bhutto, the army and the capitalists of Pakistan who were disintegrating Pakistan, not Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who had once been described by the present regime as a great patriot.
The younger generation in Pakistan knew that the formation of Pakistan bad been a mistake and that its functioning was an impossibility.
The crimes committed by the arm, he said, were much greater, than those of nadir shah, Chengis khan and Hitler. In one day in March, 10,000 people were killed. “The whole army was let loose on the sleeping innocent people of Bangladesh.”
He said he had been shot at thrice and had seen women being raped. He demended trial of Gen. Yahya Khan for his crimes.
Mr. K.M Obaidur Rahman said India had a responsibility, as the biggest democracy, to democracy in Bangladesh.
Mrs. Murshed Demand the release of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the release of all prisoners and the withdrawal of the Pakistan army from Bangladesh.
Two National Theory DEAD
Mr. M.C Chagla Said that Bangladesh had killed and buried once and all time the two-nation theory. I had demonstrated that it was no religion but culture and race which constituted a nation.
Pakistan, which wanted to propagate Islam. Had Massacred thousands of Muslims.
Mr Chagla said that if India had recognized Bangladesh, it could have supplied arms to Bangladesh. According to international law India had every right to recognize Bangladesh.
He appealed to the Government, in the name of national interest, freedom and democracy, not to hesitate in recognizing Bangladesh.
Bangladesh, he said, would not agree to anything short of freedom and Pakistan would have to concede it. He felt that if a plebiscite was taken in India, 95 per cent of the people would vote for grating recognition to Bangladesh. He warned that fi recognition was denied, a new leadership might emerge in Bangladesh which might turn to China.