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DACCA: The Awami League Chief, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, today [Feb 24] dismissed as “utterly false” the allegation that his party was seeking to “impose” the six points’ scheme upon West Pakistan.
He said that if the federating units of West Pakistan did not wish to have precisely the same degree of autonomy as Bangla Desh or wished to cede certain additional powers to the centre or to establish certain regional institutions, “the six point formula does not at all stand in their way”.
The Awami League chief, who was addressing a Press conference ... said that the Awami League had never taken the position that the Six Points would be imposed on the federating units of West Pakistan. The Six Points scheme, he said, was in essence a scheme for safeguarding the autonomy of the federating units.
The Sheikh said the Six Point scheme did not in any way leave the Federal Government at the mercy of the federating units, as was insinuated. It clearly contemplated adequate appropriations being made by the Federal Government of revenue and foreign exchange resources on the basis of express constitutional provisions, which would empower the Federal Legislature to impose a Federal levy on the federating units, he said. …
Published in Dawn, February 25th, 2021
