“○。 বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড SHRIA. D. MANI: I want to make three points. The situation is very grave. The Minister knows that the town of Kamalpur in Tripura was shelled for 11 days in succession, not one day. One civilian was killed and five planes were shot down by the Pakistani troops. We do not want to invade any country. May I ask the Minister why can't we take some retaliatory action and destroy the enemy? This is a matter which concerns our security. My second point is this. The Chief Minister of Assam came to Delhi and requested and Governments to provide him with arrangements for rising Home Guards. How many arrests have been made under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act in regard to the saboteurs in Assam from Pakistan who have come into India and are damaging our railway lines? The third point I would like to ask him is. The Pakistani troops have come even to the 24-Parganas-Alipore as the starting point of the 24-Parganas. They are very near Calcutta. A Pakistani submarine was sighted very near the Bombay harbor only last month, and it was chased by our naval vessel the Cauvery', and my information is that Pakistan's or Pakistan's friend's submarines are hovering round the Calcutta port. May I ask the Minister, in view of all these things why should the Government hesitate and take up a defensive posture? Why cannot we go forward and destroy its positions? An war in the circumstances may be justified. SHRI VIDYA CHARAN SHUKLA: Sir, it is not a fact that we have taken only defensive postures. I have explained in this statement and other statements also that whenever we found that there was any offensive in the shape of shelling or otherwise, we have promptly mounted a counter offensive and silenced them and driven out the intruders, and wherever it was necessary, this counteroffensive was mounted, and it was been successful. So, it is not correct to describe our positions as purely defensive positions. Sir, the second question that the hon. Member asked was regarding the Home Guards and the request of the Chief Minister of Assam. This matter has been discussed with the Chief Minister of Assam and satisfactory arrangements have been made in collaboration with the State Government. Sir, the third question was about Pakistan's submarines. It is a fact that the submarines have been moving, but we have taken appropriate action to constrain their activities. SHRI GODEY MURAHARI (Uttar Pradesh): Sir, I would like to know from the Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that 76 members of Pakistan's High Commission are leaving today for Karachi by a foreign airline. And it is evident that their Government is preparing for some kind of action. Otherwise, I do not think such a large exodus from their High Commission would take place. Also there is the face that they have been stepping up their shelling activity and sending their aircraft, and the fact that there has been widespread sabotage by Pakistan's agents all over the country. Therefore I would like to know from the Government how long they would pursue the policy of wait and see, because this is costing us too much both in men and material and also in money. Therefore, I would like to know categorically from the Government whether the Government does not feel that it is high time that the Government took some positive action in this regard.
