that East Pakistan gets out of exports, is not expended there; it is expended in and it helps the growth of industry and it helps the building up trade and business.
Honorable Deputy Speaker: You can discuss them when we are to the Schedule.
Mr. Abul Mansur Ahmad: I am discussing the entirety of the and it matters little if I speak on schedule first or on clause I first.
This Bill is against the pledges that we have given to the people.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (21st January, 1956): My friends say, why you want regional autonomy. It is not in the 21-Point Programme. It is a vague thing. I wish my friend Mr. Farid Ahmad could say this thing to the people who have elected him. You know, Sir, when elections come people give you a manifesto and this 21-Point Programme was given by the people. They voted for us on the basis of this 21-Point Programme. They never voted for Mr. Suhrawardy or for Mr. Fazlul Huq or for Maulana Bhashani. The people voted for these 21-points, otherwise these people who have been elected and come here would not have come to this Constituent Assembly in the whole of their life time. This thing is categorically said in clause 1 and if you will permit me to read it as you have permitted others, I shall show it to you
Honorable Deputy Speaker: This has been read before.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: Sir, with Defense, Foreign Affairs and Currency, the Central Government can be a strong Central Government.
Honorable Deputy Speaker: We have heard this argument from Mr. Abul Mansur. We want some new arguments.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: Sir, I am not going into details. I am only referring to it. Our friends say that with the three subjects, it will be a weak Centre, but Sir, we can prove that it will be a strong Centre. Sir, why are the people of East Bengal for the last eight years fighting for regional autonomy. Sir, unfortunately there is no more time at my disposal but if you permit time I can show you what injustice they have done to the people of East Bengal. Sir, according to Mr. Gurmani, East Bangal used to pay 25 per cent of revenues to the Central Government. They say that it later decreased to 20 per cent and now it is only 14 per cent. This is what they say. So, it is decreasing day by day. According to this decrease, Sir, in 1960 it will be nil. East Bengal is so ruined.
Honorable Deputy Speaker: So, Mr. Abul Mansur also informed us (Laughter).
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: Sir, I am only pointing it out to you. Sir, it is like this: there are two hands to the body of Pakistan. One is West Pakistan and the other is East Pakistan. They are making one hand strong and the other hand weak. Sir, this policy is wrong and will ruin the country. In the Central Government Services, those who form 56 per cent population are not getting 5 per cent share. The East Bengal people are educated, but they are not getting their share. Sir we do not blame the West Pakistan people. In fact we want autonomy for them also. If East Pakistan gets autonomy, the West Pakistan people will also get autonomy. We blame the ruling junta. These jagirdars zaminders,
