পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (প্রথম খণ্ড).pdf/৩৯৫

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বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ প্রথম খণ্ড
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of velour are known the world over. They have been engaged in increasingly large numbers by the Western countries, particularly British Merchant Shipping. These men hail mostly from Noakhali, Sylhet and Chittagong, who in turbulent waters, and days of war got up the ropes and can be trusted to keep the Ships afloat. Times without number they have proved their worth by their perseverance and presence of mind and everything that goes to make a good sailor. These are the only suggestions I can offer at the present moment. It is impossible to satisfy reasonable men in East Pakistan if you have the Federal Government at Karachi to administer East Pakistan from a distance of 2,000 miles. I will be asked if I criticize so much to give what my alternative suggestions are to the Basic Principles Committee's recommendations. I make only one suggestion: Let us feel in actual practice that we are fully autonomous: we have our own government; we make our own laws. Only we will not cut ourselves adrift from the other position. We will be cemented with the other position with as strong ties as are possible but we must have our own laws. It is quite evident, Sir, that if you frame a constitution which suits Baluchistan, the tribal areas of Baluchistan, Bahavvalpur and other states, it is likely that they may not suit Eastern Pakistan. Four and a half crores of inhabitants are there in East Pakistan. Twenty-five percent of this population happens to be non-Muslim. The position is quite different from Baluchistan where everybody is Muslim. You cannot have the same constitution for all the different units of Pakistan. It must be different from unit to unit. Leave East Pakistan to work out its own destiny.