মূলধারা ’৭১ – মঈদুল হাসান

‘DP’s reply appeared to be well-formulated: (1) cabinet’s functioning must be improved and unity strengthened and he wanted to find out its modalities; (2) multi-party alliance was a must also for the external reasons and he was keen to know the details of actual progress made so far….

‘I briefed him about the situation… DP wanted a second meeting with me in the evening after his scheduled meeting with the cabinet later in the afternoon.

‘In the evening DP told me that the proposal for the united front was supported by all the members of the cabinet except Tajuddin who remained silent. DP was puzzled, unhappy. I assured him once again about Tajuddin’s view about unity and suggested that two of them should have an exclusive meeting next day. Went to brief Tajuddin about both the sessions.”

৩০শে আগস্ট

‘Met DP briefly during the evening. He was apparently happy after having a discussion with Tajuddin but seemed a little worried about his ability to understand Bengali politicians’ mind….

৩১শে আগস্ট

‘DP met the cabinet again and requested for a specific date, modality etc. for the formation of a united forum, when they (the ministers) persisted in being vague about every thing on the ground that it would take time to remould the views of the party leaders since the move itself was unpopular with (the rank and file of) the AL. DP was nearly blunt in telling them that as the GOI was rendering all possible help to the BD Govt. since the crackdown without expecting anything in return and as India was facing a massive threat to its security due to BD problem, the time has come when the GOI must request BD Govt. to form a broad national alliance so that GOI can persuade the friendly powers to support the BD cause, even if tacitly and make them) agree to resolve India’s security problem. Otherwise the whole episode was fast becoming untenable for India, he mentioned. ‘I met Taj and DP separately during the evening. Taj said that finally it was going to work.

১লা সেপ্টেম্বর

‘Met DP at 3:45pm at his hotel and pressed for lifting the restriction against the left elements from being recruited and trained as FF. DP saw no difficulty in removing such restrictions from GOI’s side after the formation of the multi party alliance, but it would require endorsement from the BD Govt. atleast from its PM, before such recruitment was (actually) started.

‘As I mentioned the need for putting ‘Mujib Bahini? under BD command, after narrating the instances of their-disruptive activities, he agreed that these should be effectively stopped and hinted the difficulties of bringing it out of the control of the Indian agency. He suggested that Taj should sent an emissary with relevant facts to Kao and, after having this ground work done, the problem could be taken up ‘at the highest level, if required.

“In the absence of unity in outlook and common approach within in the cabinet, (DP said), he had made it known that (from then onwards) GOI would entertain only those requests which would atleast be agreed jointly be the PM and the President; and Mr. Abdus Samad Azad had been entrusted with the special responsibility for developing Taj-Nazrul relationship..

He said that he was impressed by the clarity of thought and sincerity of Tajuddin but hinted that he (Tajuddin) should try to resolve his political isolation fast.’

কোলকাতায় চারদিন অবস্থানকালে বাংলাদেশের প্রবাসী মন্ত্রিসভা, রাজনৈতিক দলসমূহের নেতৃবৃন্দ এবং অন্যান্য কর্মকর্তাদের সাথে ডি. পি. ঘরের আলোচনা কয়েকটি ফলদায়ক সিদ্ধান্ত ছাড়াও সামগ্রিকভাবে এমন ধারণার সৃষ্টি করে যে, অবশেষে ভারত সরকার বাংলাদেশের মুক্তি ত্বরান্বিত করার কাজে এক গতিশীল সহায়তা কর্মসূচী গ্রহণে উদ্যোগী। এধান যে দু’টি রাজনৈতিক বিষয়ে তার আলোচনা কেন্দ্রীভূত থাকতে দেখা যায়, তার একটি বাংলাদেশ মন্ত্রিসভার সিদ্ধান্ত গ্রহণ প্রক্রিয়া সহজ করার লক্ষ্যে এবং অপরটি বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতাসমর্থক সমস্ত রাজনৈতিক দলকে একটি জাতীয় ফোরামে একত্রিত করার উদ্দেশ্যে। মুক্তিযুদ্ধের ব্যবস্থাপনা সম্পর্কে এবং রাজনৈতিক কাজকর্মে মন্ত্রিসভাকে অপেক্ষাকৃত ঐক্যবদ্ধ করার উপায় অন্বেষণের সদিচ্ছা নিয়ে শুরু করলেও ডি. পি. ধরের আলোচনা শেষ পর্যন্ত কেবল দুই সরকারের মধ্যে যোগাযোগের পদ্ধতি নিরূপণেই সক্ষম হয়। অতঃপর যে সমস্ত বিষয় অস্থায়ী রাষ্ট্রপতি ও প্রধানমন্ত্রী একত্রে সাব্যস্ত করবেন, ভারত সরকারের পক্ষে কেবল সে সব বিষয়েই যথাসম্ভব সহযোগিতা প্রদান করা হবে বলে তিনি জানান।