Գ8Ծ বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড RESOLUTION RE. PROCLAMATION OF EMERGENCY UNDER ARTICLE 352 OF THE CONSITUTION THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE (SHRIJAGJIVAN RAM): Sir, I beg to move the following Resolution: "This House approves the Proclamation of Emergency issued by the President on the 3rd December, 1971, under clause (1) of Article 352 of the Constitution." The question was proposed THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSTION (SHRI M.S. GURPADASWAMY): Sir, I will be very brief. The time has come to decide whether we should work as a great country or remain small. This is the crucial question before us, whether this country is going to be a country of giants or a country of dwarfs. There are moments in the history of nations when nations have got to achieve their greatness through blood and iron. Many nations have suffered and faced ordeals and they have emerged successful. This grave moment has come to this country and we have to pass through this and achieve success. Sir, I do not want to repeat what I said earlier. On this occasion I only want to say that the minor conflicts that have been between the various parties and groups have to be transformed and transposed into a conflict between India and Pakistan. This is the point I want to drive home to all our friends. Whatever manor differences we had in the past and we are having today, have to be resolved and we have to find a common will of this nation to achieve the goal that we have placed before us. The conflict is not an ordinary conflict and as Mr. Chagla pointed out, it is a conflict between dictatorship and democracy. It is a conflict between militarism and democratic values and in such a conflict every one of us has got to be involved to the best of his capacity to sub serve the interests of the nation. On this occasion every limb of the Government, every instrument of our economy, every agency in our society, has got to work hard. The machines have got to move, the fields have got to be ploughed and the offices have got to function and be awake and it this is achieved, I am sure this emergency that has been created by Pakistan will be over soon. There are friends who have expressed some doubt about this Proclamation. They have pointed out that there is no definite time-limit put on this emergency. I am aware that in the past when emergency was declared, that emergency period continued for years. And I hope and rust that this emergency will not last longer because the situation is different, the goal is very clear, and the whole nation is one. In this takes I am sure not only India but others who believe in democracy and the values of democracy and justice will be with us and I am sure that very soon this emergency will end, and within a view months we will be having a new Bangladesh emerging and India emerging on the face of Asia as a very powerful country indeed., All these years we have been functioning in a manner which has relegated this country to a secondary position and, on the historic occasion we have got an opportunity when we can really transform this country to one of greatness. We have no alternative but to pass through this baptism of fire, we have no alternative but to pass through blood and iron. Many countries have achieved greatness only through this method. I associate myself with those who have said already that the proper answer and the effective answer to Pakistan now is to recognize
