বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (দ্বাদশ খণ্ড)/১৫০
| শিরোনাম | সূত্র | তারিখ |
|---|---|---|
| বাংলাদেশকে স্বীকৃতির প্রশ্নে কেন্দ্রীয় সরকারের বিলম্বের সমালোচনা | ‘টাইমস অফ ইণ্ডিয়া’ | ১৬ জুন, ১৯৭১ |
CENTRE’S NIGGLING OVER RECOGNITION RESENTED
(Form our own Correspondent)
MADRAS, JUNE 15,— Though Tamil Nadu is far away from West Bengal which is bearing the full but of maintaining the unprecedented influx of refugees from Bangladesh, people here are as much aroused against the genocide by the Yahya khan regime.
Innumerable representations are daily pouring into the local daily press by irate leaders who accuse the Government of India with tardiness in recognizing Bangladesh.
This is but one of the many dozens of published letters addressed daily to the local press by angry regards on what they feel “inaction of the Government of India in not recognizing Bangladesh.
The three-member Bangladesh Parliamentary delegation headed by Mr. Phani Majumdar in the course of its three day stay in the city did its best to educate the public on the actual conditions prevailing in the unhappy land. Mr. Mujumder hoped that the influx of refugees would be raised by India in the Secretary Council. Mr. Shah Mozzam, another member of the delegation stated that Bangladesh had its own representative in the UN and the matter if refugees would be raised by him along with the question of recognizing the Bangladesh Government and to the refugees.
Mrs. noorjahan Murshid, the third member of the delegation, pointed out that it was too much for India to maintain the refugees, the victim of Yahya khan’s blood thirsty military regime.
She described the establishment of camps by the Yahya regime in Bangladesh as “fraud and trap to round up people and drive them further into India”.
There could be no wage stability unless the Government is compelled to abandon its policy of Inflation, Mr. P. Ramamurthy, General Secretary of the General Council of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, said inaugurating the four-day meeting of the centre in Combatore this week.
He wanted in the alternative a statutory guarantee of full neutralization of the rise in the cost of living for all sections of the people.
He described the “inflationary policy of the Government as an open robbery of the people.”
Mr. Ramamurthy called for the widest possible unit of trade unions in the country for action and a united front of all central labor organizations. He welcomed the eight-point declaration by representatives of major trade unions and that would be sufficient basis for rallying the workers for united action against the Government.
The eight-point declaration wanted abolition of property rights, nationalization of monopoly capital without compensation, genuine land reforms, a wage policy providing for real wages provision of full employment and unemployment relief, public control of all necessities of daily life, moratorium on all public debts and change in industrial and financial policy to free the economy from foreign influence.
Those who attended this meeting included Mr. P. Sundarayya, Mr. Jyoti Bassu, Mr. Umanath, Mr. K. ramani, Mr. A Balasubarmaniam and Mr. Basava Punniah, About 120 labour leader’s attended this conference. This is the first annual meeting of the General Council after formation of the center of Indian trade Unions.
As usual Mr. Ramamurty was a big report which he read from a written pamphlet. He analyzed the Central Budget and said that thought the deficit was stated to be 320 crores, it could as well be Rs.500 crores.
After analyzing the index of wholesale prices Mr. Ramamurthy doubted whether the Indian economy was posed for a big advance as claimed by the authorities. The first sign of a developing economy he pointed out was rising employment, but the results of last year and the year before showed deterioration in employment.
Citing the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry report Mr. Ramamurthy said the number of unemployed in the first half of 1970-71 in the country was 13 million the number of man days last rose from 17 million in 1967-68 to 19 million in 1969 when the economy was said to turn the corner, he said.
Mr. Ramamurthy’s criticism against the “green revolution” was also frank. Compared with the production of 89.34million tons in 1964-65, He pointed out the achievement of 95.05 million tons in 1967-68 appeared to be barely three per cent increase per annum.