FULL SUPPORT TO BANGLA DESH GOVERNMENT

Press Statement issued by Professor Muzaffar Ahamed,

President of National Awami Party (NAP), Bangla Desh, on April 20, 1971

 

 

We felicitate in glowing terms the establishment of the sovereignof People's Democratic Republic of Bangla Desh with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as its titular head. We further congratulate the heroic struggle of the liberation army (Mukti Fouj) of Bangla Desh in their determined endeavour and struggle to root out and repulse the Pakistani occupation army from the sacred soil of our mother land. We declare in unequivocal terms that the government headed  by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is the only legally constituted government of Bangla Desh. And urge upon all the democratic and progressive nations of the world 'to recognise the newly-born state and its government and to render all material help and moral support. In this connection, we deem it our duty to gratefully acknowledgethe sympathy received from all peace-loving and democratic people of the world and especially the support and co-operation given by the people and the govern­ments of India and the Soviet Union.

 

In the name of humanity, tenets of civilisation and conscience we fervently appeal to all democratic and progressive nations of the world and to the UNO to effectively move so as to immediately stop the genocide being perpetrated on the hundreds and thousands of innocent and unarmed men, women and child­ren of Bangla Desh.

 

The paramount need of the hour is the formation of a broad united front of the democratic parties and forces in order to conduct the liberation struggle and to carry it through. We urge upon the Awami League leadership and the Govern­ment of Bangla Desh to take initiative in this matter.