MUJIB CALLS FOR STRIKE ON 27TH-PROTEST
AGAINST ARMY OPERATIONS
Statement on
Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman today gave a call for a general strike throughout " Bangla Desh " on March 27th as a mark of protest against "
heavy firing upon the civilian population " in
Saidpur, Rangpur and Joydevpur.
In a statement, he declared that
such "
atrocities and killing of
unarmed people could not go unchallenged".
He
said, " I am shocked to hear of the military action in Saidpur, Rangpur and Joydevpur. There
are reports of heavy firing upon the civilian population and of atrocities being committed on them. The police are being totally by-passed while a reign of terror is being unleashed. From
He
said all this had happened while the President is at
It should be known that such atrocities and killing of unarmed people shall not go unchallenged. I am confident that the brave sons of " Bangla Desh " are ready to face all eventualities in order to attain their goal, that is, the emancipation of the people of the "Bangla Desh", he added.
The
following exemptions shall be allowed during the strike:
Hospitals,
ambulances, doctors' cars, medicine shops, press and press cars, water, gas and
electric supply.
According to another message,
Sheikh Mujib today called upon the people to remain prepared for supreme
sacrifices " to realise your rights ".
Addressing a huge procession from Rayerbazaar area, the Sheikh said: " If some of us have to die
again for our rights, this will be the last time".
He said there must not be any relaxation in the
movement in which the people of
The Sheikh said that the Bengalees were dying every year in floods and cyclones. " It seems they are born to die in
these calamities ",
he added.
(THE PAKISTAN TIMES, Lahore-March
26,
1971)
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