brbrö বাংরাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বাদশ খন্ড ভারতের সীমান্ত পাকিস্তানের সৈন্য সমাবেশ সম্পর্কে ভারতের লোকসভার ১৫ নভেম্বর, প্রতিরক্ষামন্ত্রীর বিবৃতি এবং আলোচনা কার্যবিবরণী Տի, ԳՏ [MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER in the Chair] CALLING ATTENTION TO MATTER OF URGENT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE Reported Concentration of Pakistani forces on Indian borders. SHRI S. M. BANERJEE (Kanpur): I call the attention of the Minister of Defense to the following matter of urgent public importance and request that he may make a statement thereon: "Reported concentration of Pakistani forces on Indian borders, loss of Indian life and property owing to Pakistani shelling and repeated violation of Indian air space by Pakistani aircraft." THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE (SHRI JAGJIVAN RAM): Mr. Speaker, Sir, the genesis of the tense situation on our borders we with Pakistan lies in the confrontation between the military rulers and the people of Bangla Desh. The House is aware of the terrible crack down by the Pak Army on Bangla Desh on the fateful night of 25th/26th March 1971. In an election held earlier for the first time after a decade, the people of Bangla Desh, gave their confidence to the Awami League and voted for its six point programme of autonomy. The military rulers of Pakistan instead of honoring the result of the election hurled defiance at the people of Bangla Desh and unleashed a terror, like of which has not been seen or heard before, on the fateful night of March 25th/26th. In the process, unprecedented atrocities have been perpetrated; hundreds of thousands of people have been done to death in cold blood; villages have been burnt; women have been dishonored, and children maimed. The University of Dacca was a particular target for attack; the armed forces concentrated on the intelligential, the youth and the minorities. Modern weapons of warfare, including tanks, armored cars, even artillery and aircrafts have been used. This House has already extended its sympathies to the victims of this terror. The people of Bangla Desh rose to a man in revolt. The East Bengal Regiments and the East Pakistan Rifles offered resistance, with many members of the armed police joining them whilst seemingly engaged in negotiations with the Awami League, the military rulers had already brought nearly two Divisions of Pakistani troops into East Bengal. When they met with determined resistance large scale reinforcements were quickly brought in by air and sea. Later, large Para-military forces, called the East Pakistan Civil Armed Force and Razakars have also been organized and are wreaking havoc in the country-side.
