brと。8 বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড no relation whatsoever. I would request the Hon'ble Member not to see things which may not be there at all. I do not know what Mr. Krishna Menon wanted when he said he wanted to distinguish the slogan from the substance. SHRI KRISHNA MENON: I said; you say the demand is one of slogan. I wanted to know whether you consider the demand for recognition as slogan or a vital matter which you have to consider. That is all I asked. SHRI SWARAN SINGH: On that I think I made the position quite clear and that is the Government position, that we are not opposed to recognition; therefore, on this substantive question there is no difference. The difference is to the timing of it, when it should be done. So far as the question of recognition is concerned, it is not a question of slogan. What I said was with respect to the slinging match that was going on. The difference is only of timing when the circumstances are ripe for it. It is a substantive question. Therefore, I said, when there is hardly any difference between the two points, the House should not be divided on an issue like this when there is so little difference of opinion on the substantive question. That is what I wanted to convey. About the last question, I fully share the concern expressed about the health of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In fact, on this issue Prime Minister herself and all of us have been impressing upon the Governments that they should take it up very strongly with Pakistan. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is an outstanding leader who has won such outstanding victory and who commands the obedience and respect and confidence of such vast numbers of people in Pakistan. In fact he commands the majority if we take Pakistan as a whole. He is such an outstanding leader. We have said that every effort should be made by the international community, by the Governments and by others. to ensure about the safety of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Only this morning it is said that he is critically ill. Some days back it was reported that he was keeping indifferent health. This is one of the important points we have been highlighting with all Governments that they should specially urge and impress upon the military rulers of Pakistan that the safety of a leader of this stature and of the popularity and type of confidence that he commands. as Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, should be ensured. In fact, we have also suggested that every effort should be made to see that he is released. Some Hon'ble Member had said that we had not said that he should be released. I would like to submit that in fact I had gone much further and said that a Government which was headed or controlled by or which had the support of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the one condition which would create the type of atmosphere in which the refugees could go back, because he had the majority support behind him. So, we have always been in favor of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman being released. and we have urged all Governments. 17.00 hrs. SHRIINDRAI IT GUPTA: Does he know where actually he is being kept? SHRI SWARAN SINGH: Our information is that he is still in West Pakistan. SHRIINDRAJIT GUPTA: In jail? SHRIS. M. BANERJEE: In which jail in West Pakistan is a big place. I know West Pakistan. In which jail is he being kept?
