must work together hand-in-hand. That was the ideal that was kept before those who framed the formula which has been published in the press and placed before the House by the Honorable Prime Minister.
Sir, it is within the knowledge of everybody that on account of this difference of opinion between East Bengal and West Pakistan in the matter of composition of the Houses, the work of constitution-making was stopped... .... The deadlock, which was created on account of the difference and which has persisted for the last few months. is working as a dead weight on the nation. The nation is going to lose confidence in the leaders, in those who are at the helm of the Administration. They have been disappointed and frustrated; one has got to realize that those who have the love of the country at their hearts must find out some solution of the tangle. It has been done and it has been hailed all over the country, except those who do not see eye to eye with the Muslim League and I know the reason. They are those people who opposed Pakistan; they are, again, those people who do not want that there should be a strong Pakistan and that constitution should take another step to make it stronger. I have read in the press that a meeting was held in Dacca, which was attended by several parties. I will just name those persons rather parties who are said to have rejected this formula. The meeting was addressed by representatives of the Jinna Awami League, the Communist Party; the Krishak Sramik Party, the Gangatari Dal, the Khilafat-i-Rabbani Party and ex-Finance Minister, Mr. Hamidul Haq Chowdhury and it was presided over by the former Bengal Premier, Mr. A. K. Fazlul Huq. All these disgranted gentlemen and organizations, which are ideologically opposed to Pakistan have joined hands and are trying to gather strength against the Muslim League. I am sure the People of Pakistan, far more the people of East Bengal, are quite conscious of their duties and their obligations and their rights. They can understand who are their friends and who are not. They know who have achieved Pakistan which is the organisation which has given millions of Muslims a State of their own. I am sure that such combination of these heterogeneous elements will not cut any ice with the people of East Bengal.
Sir, it has been suggested that the Upper House has been given more powers. So far as powers are concerned, certain powers have been given according to the formula to the joint House-neither to the Lower House nor to the Upper House. Certain other powers-Legislative measures-are equal as are to be found in many other countries. Even in undivided Bengal the Upper House had independent power with regard to legislation. That is also to be found in various other federal systems of Government. The only deviation that has been made is that certain power has been given to the joint House and that is, as I have said, to create a feeling of confidence amongst all sections of the people, amongst all people living in different parts of Pakistan, in the Constitution of Pakistan. And, I think that no sacrifice for achieving that end is too great. We must first of all see that Pakistan's foundations are made strong; that there is no fissiparous tendency to weaken the foundations of Pakistan.
Then, Sir, comes the question of Autonomy which has been raised by some of the members. So far as provincial autonomy is concerned, I have always held the view that
