૭( ર বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড into two or more units. That is a question for the people of Pakistan to decide and find out. But we are certainly concerned with the values of democracy, with the values of secularism, with the values of human rights and with values of socialism. It is from that angle, it is from that consideration that we have declared our support and sympathy to the people of Bangladesh in their struggle against the Pakistan junta. The question has been raised: What have you done to translate your resolution into action? I do not think this can be discussed in detail here the public interest. But I am sure that most of the hon. Members are aware of what is actually happening. I believe the Government are doing their best to translate the Resolution into action in the way they have considered fit and proper. Now, Sir, one thing should be..... SHRILOKANATH MISRA (Orissa): Then, shall we stop the discussion? SHRI BIPINPAL DAS: I am coming to that. I know you always talk for the American imperialists. One thing must be fully understood. The people must fight out their own war of liberation. Any liberation that is achieved by armed intervention from outside may lead to very dangerous consequences and, therefore, it is for the people of Bangladesh and the Mukti Fouj to fight out their own battle of liberation. In this connection while speaking in the last Session of this House I made one suggestion. Why not pick up at least a lakh of young men from out of the refugees, arm them and help them, so that they can fight out their own battle of liberation against the Pakistan junta? I repeat that suggestion and I have reasons to believe that the suggestion i.e. I made in the last session has not fallen on deaf ears. I cannot discuss the matter in detail here. As I have said, it will not be in the public interest. But what is actually happening in Bangladesh today convinces me that things are going on of the right line in the sense that the Mukti Fouj have been able to step up their operations and have been able to create serious difficulties for the Pakistan Army. It is for this reason that there is now a move for posting UN observers along the India-Pakistan border. It is a move to stifle the activities of the Mukti Fouj or to blunt the operations of the Mukti Fouj. It is a move to transform the whole issue-the issue of the Bangladesh people fighting against the rulers of West Pakistan-into an Indo-Pakistan issue. This move is there only because the Mukti Fouj has been able to step up its operations and create serious difficulties for the Pakistani rulers. We should beware of this. We should be on our guard regarding whatever action we want to pursue. We must not do anything which may cause any harm to the struggle of the Mukti Fouj or give the impression that intimately this is not a question of people of Bangladesh fighting the rulers of Pakistan; but it is an Indo-Pakistan conflict. We must not give that impression. If Pakistan attacks us tomorrow, certainly we shall fight back and defend our country. But I am not in favor of doing anything on our own initiative which might lead to a direct armed confrontation between India and Pakistan. Therefore our entire policy and approach should be to help those people to help them to fight and fight their own battle to success. I have no doubt in my mind that ultimately the people of Bangladesh will succeed, have no doubt in my mind that ultimately the Mukti Fouj will be able to liberate their country from the hands of the Pakistani Army, and to that end I think we should carry out our policy, pursue our policy in the matter of giving support.
