\ყy(*(* বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড with Pakistan, the External Affairs Minister would admit, two of our air force bases were wiped off at the crack of dawn-Kalaikunda in the eastern sector and Pathankot in the western sector. They came and wiped off our fighter aircraft and we had no protection. We find the Defense Minister and External Affairs Minister, making statements in season and out of season that we are prepared. How are we prepared, If you are prepared why are you so afraid? A Resolution comes in the House that we should recognize Bangladesh only to be able to give them material support, to help them to fight their own battles legimately, legally. Mr. Mukerjee said that it should be done before this session ends. Mr. Chagla improved on it and said that it should have been done yesterday and if it has not been done it should be done to-day. I wish to go on record in this House Mr. Deputy Chairman, that this Government would never recognize Bangladesh. SHRISHEEL BHADRA YAJEE (Bihar); Question. SHRI BIJU PATNAIK: I will tell you the reason. SHRI MAHAVIR TYAGI (Uttar Pradesh): We are already committed to recognize it. SHRI BIJU PATNAIK: We will never recognize Bangladesh. The Bangladesh movement of this gallant Mukti Fauj will be scotched and Yahya Khan's military regime will continue not only to-day but for the next 20 years. I wish to record it for historical purposes. SHRISHEEL BHADRA YAJEE: You are wrong. SHRI BIJU PATNAIK: I will tell you why. I will tell you my assessment. This Government has developed cold feet. This Parliament of ours sanctions Rs.1,200 crores of expenditure for building up our armed forces, as against Rs. 350 crores of Pakistan. What are we prepared for? What we are frightened about? Our people get shot up on the ground day in and day out; as was read out on the floor of the House, by mortar fire. Yesterday, I was surprised to hear the Minister of State for Home Affairs saying that the BSF as in charge of our border. The BSF, the Border Security Force, does not have mortars. It does not have ground artillery. How is it responsible for long-range firing on our, side? Who is fooling whom I do not know? Rs. 350 crores as against Rs. 1,200 crores in the direct budget. Apart from this Rs. 1,200 crores, we spend Rs. 300 to Rs. 400 crores in terms of BSF, SSB, Assam Rifles, feeding all the border posts by the Air-Force, building border roads with Rs.500 crores in support of our defence effort. We have divisions as against Pakistan's 9. On 31 March if you had recognized and if you had supplied Bangladesh with arms and ammunition, when Pakistan had only less than 2 divisions and its forces were in total disarray, the thing would have been completed in two days. SHRI RAJNARAIN (Uttar Pradesh): Right. SHRI BIJU PATNAIK: And we allowed the Pakistani military force to go in for four divisions, we allowed them to raise two more divisions during the last six months, we allowed them to get extra divisions from the territorial force, and we have yet not considered it fit in this country to alert our armed forces, resulting in two intrusions and photographing and everything and aircraft encroaching and firing allround killing our
