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Mohammad Ayub Khan got himself re-elected as President in 1965. He defeated Miss Fatima Jinnah, sister of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah (RA). Allegation of large scale rigging and malpractices created a general unrest against the government. Agitation gathered momentum and ultimately resulted in another martial Law. On March 25, 1969, General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan took over as the Chief Martial Law Administrator and the President of the country.
Yahya Khan assured the nation that he wanted to hold free and Fair elections and that he had a mind to return power to the elected representatives of people as early as possible.
On March 30, 1970, the President passed a Legal framework Order. Under the legal Framework Order (LFO) general elections were held in December 1970 in the basics of universal adult franchise. Elections were fair and free but the result was unfortunate for the subsidiarity of Pakistan. In East Pakistan the Awami League won 167, out of a total of 169 seats, in tge West wing it failed to get even a single seat. In two of the four West Pakistan provinces Pakistan Peoples's Party emerged as the majority party while in East Pakistan it was not able to put p even a single candidate. In West Pakistan the PPP had an absolute majority with 86 National Assembly seats. These elections thus divided the nation into two parts.
There had been a general discontent amongst the peoples of East Pakistan ever since the creation of Pakistan. This resentment can be attributed to the following reasons:
Mohammad Ayub Khan got himself re-elected as President in 1965. He defeated Miss Fatima Jinnah, sister of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah (RA). Allegation of large scale rigging and malpractices created a general unrest against the government. Agitation gathered momentum and ultimately resulted in another martial Law. On March 25, 1969, General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan took over as the Chief Martial Law Administrator and the President of the country.
Yahya Khan assured the nation that he wanted to hold free and Fair elections and that he had a mind to return power to the elected representatives of people as early as possible.
On March 30, 1970, the President passed a Legal framework Order. Under the legal Framework Order (LFO) general elections were held in December 1970 in the basics of universal adult franchise. Elections were fair and free but the result was unfortunate for the subsidiarity of Pakistan. In East Pakistan the Awami League won 167, out of a total of 169 seats, in tge West wing it failed to get even a single seat. In two of the four West Pakistan provinces Pakistan Peoples's Party emerged as the majority party while in East Pakistan it was not able to put p even a single candidate. In West Pakistan the PPP had an absolute majority with 86 National Assembly seats. These elections thus divided the nation into two parts.
There had been a general discontent amongst the peoples of East Pakistan ever since the creation of Pakistan. This resentment can be attributed to the following reasons:
- So far as the political awareness is concerned Bengalis were the most concious and enlightened community in the whole of south Asia.
- East Pakistan having 55 per cent of Pakistan's total population demanded that its representation in the armed force , civil bureaucracy, services, judiciary and legislative bodies Should be proportional to its population.
- The Two wings were not geographically contiguous; at the nearest point approximately 1800 km India territory separated the two wings from one another. Both areas had a different cultural and ethnic background.
- The Indian leadership in in general did not agree with the idea of creating a separate home land for the Muslims. When Pakistan was created to their entire displeasure, they started working on the agenda of dismembering it without delay. East Pakistan's soil proved very fertile for them for several reasons. Firstly, that the province had a very big Hindu population, which, unlike West Pakistan Hindus, had deep pro-India sympathies. Secondly, that these Hindus were economically well off and well-educated. In many schools, collages and universities Hindu teachers outnumbered Muslim teachers. These institutions anti-Pakistan and secessionist intelligentsia. These intellectuals played a decisive role in dismembering Pakistan. East Pakistani masses, which felt deprived and oppressed by the West Pakistan fell an easy prey to the secessionists.
- Nationalist Bengali leaders said that the province did nit have a border dispute with any of its neighbouring countries including India, yet a major portion of the national income was being spent on defence budget due to a border dispute which was solely a concern of West Pakistan's. Bengali's should not, they held, be forced to pay the price of a war in which they had no stake.
- A long period of military dictatorship marked with undemocratic practices was the major cause of unrest. Bengali's said that they were being neglected and being subjected to political repression.
- A clash of opinion on the question of national language arose in the very early years after partition. Though the Bengali demand was conceded under the 1956 Constitution and Bengali was then recognized as one of the two national languages of Pakistan, yet the bitter memories of linguistic riots of the early years and of the resulting casualties kept taxing the Bengali mind.
