| শিরোনাম | সূত্র | তারিখ |
|---|---|---|
| শেখ মুজিবের নিরাপত্তার জন্য বিশ্বের শক্তিশালী রাষ্ট্রবর্গের কাছে প্রধানমন্ত্রী তাজউদ্দীন আহমদের আবেদন | এশিয়ান রেকর্ডার, আগষ্ট ৬-১২ ১৯৭১ | ১৩ জুন, ১৯৭১ |
Mr. Tajuddin Ahmed’s Appeal to World Powers:
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Mr. Tajuddin Ahmed on June 13 appealed to all nations of the world to ensure the safety of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, “the undisputed leader of the people of Bangladesh,” and to secure his release.
In a broadcast to the nation from Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, he said that the accusation of President Yahya Khan that the Sheikh had hatched a plot to arrest him in Dacca was “as crude as it is grotesque.”
Appealing to the nations of the world to accord recognition to the Bangladesh Government, he said this Government alone represented legitimacy in our land founded, as it is, upon the freely expressed will of its people. Our people have completely repudiated the colonial rule based in West Pakistan and are now fighting to defend their freedom.”
“I should like to assure those who have not taken any position on our struggle or have been only lukewarm towards it or opposed it outright, that the People’s Republic of Bangladesh is on the map of the world and the determination of its 75 million people will keep it there. Is it rational for nations to ignore so vast a section of mankind?” he asked.
In a special word to those Muslim and Arab countries who had not yet condemned the mass slaughter in Bangladesh, he said: “It is a tragic error on their part to think that Yahya’s hordes are waging a war of Islamic righteousn in Bangladesh. Their silence, therefore, condones colonialism and barbarism. Material support to Islamabad puts them on the side of dictatorship.”
The war of liberation, he said, was now in the 11th weck and the valiant freedom fighters had put despair into President Yahya Khan’s heart. The staggering casualty figure of the West Pakistani Army testified to the success of the defensive operations. The twin methods of massive terror and under had not succeeded in breaking the will of a nation determined to fulfill its destiny of freedom. The usurping enemy, on the other hand, was in a hopeless mess.
The refusal of the people to co-operate had resulted in an economic crisis which the military junta could not resolve without foreign aid. It had now resorted to demonetization of 100 and 500-rupce currency notes. This was not only a plan admission of its economic desperation but a shameless attempt to rob the people of what was theirs in order to replenish its coffers in Islamabad.
Congratulating the people of Bangladesh on their heroic resistance, he said in the new phase of their struggle, the freedom fighters were better organized and their ranks were swelling with new recruits.
