SHRI LOKANTH MISRA: The Swatantra Party might have lost all friends but Swatantra Party talks as a friend to anybody and everybody. We are not hypocrites.
SHRI BHUPESH GUPTA: The Swatantra Party is losing in both money and friends.
SHRI LOKANTH MISRA: Ultimately you have lost much and you are still losing. Mr. Bhupesh Gupta has very lately realized that he is going to lose both Mrs. Indira Gandhi and her party in the country. He was trying to be very friendly with Mrs. Indira Gandhi's party. Now he has come to realize he is losing both his friend and the money.
Now, as I was asking the question I was saying that the Government has lost all friends in the world so that we have not been able to impress upon the countries of the world even about the truth of the matter as far as Bangladesh is concerned. What is being done particularly to activise the publicity media of the Government?
SHRI SHEEL BHADRA YAJEE (Bihar): Please see the world opinion appearing in the newspapers. Then you will come to know that we have friends also.
SHRILOKANATH MISRA: Do you understand anything about international affairs or our external affairs? Kindly don't try to get into an arena where you do not understand anything, nor are you understood.
Sir, I was asking the question what specifically is being done by the External Affairs Minister to activise the publicity media? Now he is going round the world and is visiting the capital cities of the important counties. I am happy about it and I hope he would impress upon the Governments and the peoples that he is visiting about the truth of the matter. But his persuasion may not be lasting persuasion. So, our Embassies must be activised so that something concrete is being done and something concrete is being pursued all the time. His visit and his persuasion may be momentary, may have momentary effect. Certainly he would go and try to impress on all those Governments. But what is being done to activise our publicity media so that a lasting impression can be created in those areas where we have some interest?
SHRI AKBAR ALIKHAN (Andhra Pradesh): What is your proposal?
SHRI LOKANATH MISRA: The Governments publicity media in those countries should be activised. We have not been able to do it yet. What is wrong in that? Would the hon. Minister kindly try to find out now? After our repeated failures in international relations, would he at least now try to find out as to where the lacuna lies? If our publicity media were weak, what could be done to activise them? Would he kindly do something in the matter?
SARDAR SWARAN SINGH: Sir, what is described by the hon. Member as failure is not a correct description. Failures or setbacks are not always due to lack of publicity: for example, the Swatantra Party has been doing excellent publicity but they failed in the elections. So, publicity does not always produce results. The hon. Member says that we have not been able to sell. The trouble is that for sale both a customer and a seller are required and sometimes if the customer happens to be like my friend opposite it becomes very difficult to sell. For instance, I have been trying to sell this idea that we should have
