639 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ দ্বিতীয় খন্ড position, -that the party should fight it out-, and a very small number took the position that the Awami League programme should be accepted. But the majority of the party leaders supported the view that there should be reasonable adjustments to bring about a compromise. The PPP chief said he had now completed his discussions with other leaders of West Pakistan and that at his party men's meeting in Karachi on February 20 and 21, "we will take formal and final position". Mr. Bhutto said that now the date of the Assembly session had been announced but he emphasized that before he and his party-men went to Dacca they would like to have an idea of the amount of "reciprocity" but this necessary pre-requisite was not yet known.
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He had hoped that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman would come to West Pakistan and that he could have further talks with him. But now it seemed he (Sheikh Mujibur Rahman) was not prepared to do so, because the Awami League leader felt that the atmosphere was not "congenial" for him to visit West Pakistan. There was a good deal of talk about the dangers he faced from the vested interests.
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Mr. Bhutto said that he did not know whether there was an element of "give and take" and of reciprocity in the Awami League position. If it was not proper for Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to come here, it was even harder for Mr. Bhutto to go to Dacca. With the present state of relations with India, and in the light of the gradually threatening posture of the Indian Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi against Pakistan and bearing in mind the PPP's well known and clear stand on the relations with India "have I not the responsibility to be with my people here", he asked, Mr. Bhutto went on to say "I can put myself in jeopardy, but it is a question of 83 party leaders going to East Pakistan in the present state of affairs". He said that he could not put his party men in a position of double hostage because of Indian hostility and their non-acceptance of six points. He added that his party comprised of working people, who have to do a job and naturally they would like to know how long would they be away from their homes. In the beginning it was announced that there would be only a ceremonial session in Dacca. But the position was not clear today, whether his party members were to stay there for a long period or only for a few days, 米 ※ :: ※ 米 Mr. Bhutto said that his party members were expected to go to Dacca in the present circumstances not to frame the constitution but to just "accept" it. "With this background we will not be there on March 3 in the Assembly".
