বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড Now, Sir, the question raised by this Resolution which is before this House is about recognition. I do not think there is anybody in this country who is on principle opposed to recognition. If I remember correctly, even the External Affairs Minister said that the Government is not opposed to recognition of Bangladesh, The question is when, We say, people say, many members have said, Mr. Chagla has said, it is already too late. Now, the question of recognition of Bangladesh is a matter which cannot be decided by anybody. It will have to be decided by the Government itself in accordance with their own judgment. They are the best judge of the situation, of the circumstances in which they have to act in this matter. Therefore, I do not think that it will be advisable on our part or appropriate on our part, to try to force the Government regarding the time factor. We may be dissatisfied; we may think that it is too late and that things are developing in a direction which will ultimately harm our own interests. We may suggest, we may advise, we may put pressure, we may say anything. But the ultimate responsibility in this matter lies with the Government. And therefore it is for the Government to decide, it is for them to judge the circumstances, examine the circumstances, and then decide at what point of time they want to recognize the Government of Bangladesh. It is for them to choose the appropriate time for this. Therefore, I repeat that while the policy of helping the Mukti Fouj to continue their war of liberation must be continued, on the question of recognition of Bangladesh, the entire responsibility lies with the Government so far as the choice of the time is concerned. MR. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN: We are discussing a Private Member Resolution, a very important Resolution, and naturally many members would like to participate in this discussion. Under the rule, every Member i allowed to speak for fifteen minutes. In view of the large number of Members desiring to participate in the discussion, it will not be possible for me to give any extra time to any individual Member. Therefore, I would like to appeal to the Members to restrict their speeches to 15 minutes. Mr. Biju Patnaik. SHRI BIJU PATNAIK (Orissa): We have had many clashes in this House between the very able and adroit Minister of External Affairs and other Members of this House. He is an able Minister, who can also be said as being a master of confusion. It is a credit, not a discredit, to him as Foreign Minister. I would merely restrict myself to certain facts, cold facts, brutal facts, which may raise a controversy, but nevertheless facts to be examined closely. All the statements made in this House from time to time on Bangladesh are well known. The views of this House both from the Treasury Benches and the Opposition in record to this question are identical and well known. The views of the Government appear to this question are identical and well known. The views of the Government appear to change from time to time reasons only known to themselves and that is what has brought him further trouble and further doubt and suspicion in the minds of the Members of this House. We briefly talk of the word "genocide" the word, "oppression" about the unprecedented massacres, human atrocities, etc. As it was pointed out earlier by some Members, during the partition nearly 6 million Hindus were sent into this country. But during this holocaust the Government record says that as on the 1st of June this year, 7
