The history of Bengal is the history of a people who have repeatedly made their highways crimson with their blood. We shed blood in 1952; even though we were the victors in the elections of 19 dead on 7 June' not form a government then. In 1958 Ayub Khan declared Martial Law to enslave us for the When could years. In 1966 when we launched the six point movement our boys were shot dead on 7 June. When their highways the movement of 1969 Ayub Khan fell from power and Yahya Khan assumed the reins of the government' after he declared that he would give us a constitution and restore democracy; we listened to him then, A lot has happened since and elections have taken place, I've met President Yahya Khan. I've made a request to him not only on behalf of Bengal but also as the leader of the party which has the majority in Pakistan; I said to him: "You must hold the session of the National Assembly on 15 January". But he did not listen to me. He listened to Mr. Bhutto instead. At first he said that the meeting would take place in the first week of March. We said "Fine, we will be taking our seats in the Assembly then". I said we will carry out our discussions in the Assembly. I went so far as to say that if anyone came up with an offer that was just, even though we were in the majority we would agree to that offer.
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