778 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড But his more serious point of concern appeared to be not to weaken in any way what was being done by the people of Bangladesh. In this respect the Awami League or any other leadership was acceptable to him. Nothing should be done to provide an opportunity to the Pakistan Government to divide and rule the people of Bangladesh. The Maulana would not give a direct reply to the question" as to whether he felt that a protracted struggle for the freedom of Bangladesh might give the extremists an opportunity to seize leadership. But his comments in this context, like "a tiger never forgets the taste of human blood", "there are 1.3 million" educated unemployed in Bangladesh and "possession of arms transforms a man's attitude and behavior" were eloquent.
