AWAMI LEAGUE ALONE COMPETENT TO FORM
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CONSTITUTION
ON SIX-POINTS TO ENSURE PEOPLES RIGHTS
Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman's statement at Patuakhali on January 11, 1971.
Awami
League Chief Sheikh Mujib said yesterday that according to the verdict of the
people his party alone was competent to form the Government both in the Centre
and in Bangla Desh.
Framing
the Constitution on the basis of the Six-Points programme would ensure the
right of common men he said.
On
the final leg of his election campaign tour covering the southern coastal belt,
where the election was postponed due to the disastrous November cyclone, the
Sheikh spoke at Pathargata, Darguna, Amtali, Khepupara, Galachipa and
Patuakhali during the last two days.
In
these affected areas, Sheikh Mujib was welcomed by the people with cheers and
renewed enthusiasm after they heard that their leader was the target of a
would-be assassin on January 7, at Dacca.
Reassuring
his people of sustained struggle to achieve their rights, Sheikh observed that
this time the exploiters had been stunned to see the consciousness of the
people of Bangla Desh. Had they known the result of conceding voting rights to
the people, certainly the former would not have allowed it, said Sheikh Mujib.
Reiterating
his warning about the conspiracy against him and the people by interested
quarters, he referred to the recent killings of the newly-elected MPA and an
Awami League worker at Pabna and
He
asked the people to equip themselves with bamboo lathis and wooden sticks for
any eventuality. But "without my order you must not do anything", the
leader cautioned the people in the same breath.
Referring
to the recent attempt on his life, Sheikh Sahib said that there was nothing to
be fearful of death since no one is immortal. "I will carry on my
struggle" to achieve the goal, he asserted.
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In
the total rout of anti-people, so-called leaders, Mr. Nurul Amin escaped the
notice of the people, the Sheikh pointed out. But this was too far and no
further with these people, who acted as the lackeys of the vested interest in
the last 23 years, Sheikh Mujib reminded his people. He was referring to some
contestants to Awami League nominees from Convention Muslim League.
Asking
the people to return his party nominees not as an individual candidate but as
an Awami Leaguer, and Sheikh Mujib's representatives, he assured that they
would be answerable to you.
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Conspiracy
Sheikh
Mujib said the exploiters and vested interests went for conspiracies one after
another to suppress the demands of the people. They did not hesitate to dismiss
popularly-elected ministry of Shere Bangla late A. K. Fazlul Haq and to jail
late H. S. Suhrawardy at the fag end of his life, although he had made a big
contribution to the creation of Pakistan.
In
the services and economic field Bangla Desh suffered, he said and added
"our resources were exploited and Bengalees were denied the right to enjoy
fruits of the freedom".
He
said the former President Ayub Khan took over through the back door to
ruthlessly rule people after defranchising them, although it was through the
votes of common men that
Assassination
Bid
While
referring to the recent attempt to assassinate him, he said "when they
lost in the elections they adopted other methods to suppress the voice of the
people of
Sheikh
Mujib said, "They are mistaken that they can deliver goods to the country
by killing people like thieves and dacoits in the darkness of night. I know the
socalled revolutionaries and reactionaries. They will see its consequences very
soon. These elements neither have faith in the people nor do they care for
public opinion".
(THE
DAWN, Karachi-January 12, 1971)
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