Punjab and Sindh can no longer aspire to be the bastions of power. The democratic struggle of the people is aimed against such ‘bastions of power’.
(Mr. Tajuddin Ahmad (now Prime Minister of Bangladesh), Dawn, Karachi, Dec. 22, 1970).
Attempts were even made to cruelly regiment the society so that the Bengali culture could no longer flourish. Even some of the music which indeed spoke the language of heart was totally banned. In the name of Islam, the most popular Tagore songs were not broadcasted by radio or television. It was a part of the planned machination to reduce the people of East Pakistan to the status of third class citizens.
(Sheikh Mujibur Rahman reported in Pakistan Times, Lahore, Jan, 1, 1971)
Pakistan is a Muslim country and here on secular of communist constitution can work.
(Maulana Syed Abdul Ali Maudoodi, Chief of the Jammat-i-Islami Party, Dawn, Karachi, Jan. 4, 1971.)
Speaking to newsmen in Dacca, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman observed that the Awami League had the absolute majority not only in Bangladesh, but in the whole country. It was in a position to frame the Constitution. But his party would seek cooperation from Mr. Bhutto and others.
(Pakistan Observer, Jan. 30, 1971.)
The Awami League Chief, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has dismissed as utterly false, the allegation that his party was seeking to impose the six point scheme upon west Pakistan.
He said that if the federating units of West Pakistan did not wish to have precisely the same degree of autonomy as Bangladesh or wished to cede certain additional powers to the Centre of to establish certain regional institutions, the six-point formula does not at all stand in their way.
The Awami League Chief said that his party had never taken the position that the six-points would be imposed on the federating units of West Pakistan.
(Dawn, Karachi, Feb, 25, 1971.)
Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party, has demanded Postponement of the national Assembly session. He has said that the PPP would launch a great movement if the national Assembly session was held in the absence of 85 members of his party. Mr. Bhutto said the PPP expected the people of Pakistan to take full revenge on the people who might choose to attend the Assembly session, on their return from Dacca. If the people failed to take the revenge, the PPP itself would take action against them. He said if any member of his party attended the session, the party workers would liquidate him.
(Dawn, Karachi, March, 1, 1971.)
