Mr.
Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is really painful that in a motion like this it is
impossible not to refer to the communal situation in the country and it is
impossible to talk with restraint in the midst of so many lies that have been
propagated by the other side. It has been stated by Maulvi Mujibar Rahaman,
Secretary of the [Noakhali] District Muslim League, that since the outbreak of
the incidents in Noakhali no further incidents took place after the 16th of
October. Sir, Mr. Rahaman is a criminal legal practitioner for the last twenty
years and knows the art of lying very much. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Mr. R. Gupta, a
senior member of the I.C.S., was deputed as a special officer by Government to
enquire into the incidents and he was attacked by a Muslim mob there. He would
have been killed but for the police firing on the spot by one Satish Chandra
Chakravarty, a police officer. This Satish Chandra Chakravarty who saved the
life of Mr. Gupta was suspended by this Muslim Government. Sir, this incident
took place after the 16th of October. Then on the 6th or 7th of November Mr.
Haran Ghose Chaudhury’s cousin, Sachin Ghose Chaudhury, was murdered. On the
29th October, five villagers were murdered.
On
the 10th November two men were murdered. In the 8th November, Suren, Akshay,
Kshitish and Satish Saha were murdered and a relief officer was found missing
since 8th November. It is impossible in this short time at my disposal to
enumerate the incidents that had taken place after the 16th October. Sir, after
the 16th October, within a month the unfortunate Hindu population of Noakhali
were marooned and they were not allowed to get out of that area without a
passport. He has said that the Muslim League has got nothing to do with the
occurrence. How is it that it was un-organized affair? It is useless to deny
the fact that from the 10th to the 16th October large numbers of Hindu
population of Noakhali, about 150,000, were forcibly converted to Islam. That
was the case of forcible conversion. All the houses of the Hindu population
were looted during this period. And what is still more painful is that Hindu
women were abducted. Mrs. Ashalata Sen has told the House that the Muslim
League, that the Government which is in power, wanted to minimise the gravity
of the situation. Any attempt to minimise the gravity of the situation is to
put a premium upon lawlessness. Even today they are not repenting.
Mr.
Mujibar Rahaman was telling the house that nothing had happened in Noakhali and
Tipperah – very slight things happened. He can tell like this. He is the Secretary
of the District Muslim League of Noakhali. He is reported to have told the
other day that Mahatma Gandhi should leave Noakhali very soon. Mahatma Gandhi
is trying his utmost to restore good feeling between Muslims and Hindus and
Maulvi Mujibar Rahaman, Secretary of the Muslim League, is now describing today
that nothing had happened in Noakhali and that Mahatma Gandhi should leave
Noakhali.
Mr.
Salam, another Secretary of the Chandpur Muslim League, is reported to have
told on the 12th November that nothing happened in Chandpur. I know, Sir,
Hon’ble Mr. Suhrawardy will tell like this. Sir, immediately after the
occurrence the Hon’ble Mr. Shamsuddin Ahmed went to the locality and he is
reported to have said that such things did not happen during the British rule,
such things did not happen during the Moghul rule. That was the version of a
Minister after going there after the incidents had happened. What is the use of
telling that nothing had happened. Where are the reports of the two officers?
Mr. Simpson is a senior officer. He was a District and Sessions Judge, not only
a Sessions Judge, he was a Judge of the Hon’ble High Court for some time. His
report was not published. Why his report was not published? His report will not
be published. What had happened at Haimchar? Such a destruction had not taken
place by the Atom Bomb. Only the other day I went to Haimchar and I saw the
scenes of destruction. All the houses had been burnt and it is impossible to
describe here today sitting in the Legislative Assembly the scenes of
destruction that was committed upon the innocent people. It is impossible to
describe the scenes of destruction committed upon the Namasudra community,
20,000 Namasudras in Haimchar in the district of Tipperah. I ask the Government
not to minimise the seriousness of the situation. They should repent for it.
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