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706 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিল : চতুর্থ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ পাকিস্তানের সরকারী চাকুরী ত্যাগ করে এ, এম, মুহিত সংকলিত ২৭ জুলাই, বাংলাদেশের প্রতি আনুগত্য জ্ঞাপনের কারণ “Thoughts in Exile' Ֆի, ԳՏ সংবলিত বাঙালি কূটনীতিক এ, এম, এ, WHYI QUIT July 27, 1971. The question that I would try to answer this evening in "What made me dissociate myself from the government of Pakistan and espouse the cause of Bangladesh." Since March 25, I have been deferring this decision in the hope that President Yahya Khan would make a proper move for a peaceful settlement of the crisis. No ground exists for such a hope anymore and so it becomes impossible to go on working for a self destructive government. I must admit, however, that fifteen years of service with the government of my country, which was the dreamland of my adolescent years, could not be lightly brushed aside. 1 had also fond memories and associations, such as one of working for President Yahya himself. The questions that agitate me about the government that is now in power in Pakistan are those relating to its legitimacy, its colonial ambitions, its savagery, its political and economic blunders, and its utter lack of humanitarian concern. President Yahya used to call his government a caretaker government waiting to hand over power to people's representatives. Now he has suppressed people's representatives elected in the most free and fair elections ever held in the country, he has banned the most popular political party in the country for even and he has indicated that material law will not be lifted in the foreseeable future. Thus his government now has lost all claims to legitimacy. Instead of guaranteeing the security of lives and property of its citizens, the government of Pakistan has made the fact of "staying alive" the greatest luxury in East Pakistan. Atrocities that this government is committing in East Pakistan, the frenzy with which it is driving Bangaiees out of the country and the suppression that it is making of dissent in both wings of the country, not only forfeit the right of this government to a place in a civilized world but also make it responsible for dismemberment of the country. The government is desperately trying to establish a colony in East Pakistan through a reign of terror and a massive transfer of officials and labourers from the West. For a poor country with many other problems in hand such an attempt is sheer madness.