Kungiyar mai ra'ayin mazan jiya, wacce Sheikh Mujibur Rahman na Gabashin Pakistan ya kaddamar a shekarar 1966, ta nemi yankin cin gashin kansa.^[5] Wannan yunkuri, wanda akasarin kungiyar Awami League ke jagoranta, ya kasance martani ne ga tunanin cin zarafi da sarakunan Pakistan ta yamma suka yi a gabashin Pakistan kuma ana kallonsa a matsayin wani muhimmin mataki na samun 'yancin kai na Bangladesh.A cikin Fabrairun 1966, shugabannin adawa a Gabashin Pakistan sun kira taron kasa don tattauna yanayin siyasa bayan Tashkent.Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, mai wakiltar Awami League, ya halarci taron a Lahore.Ya gabatar da batutuwa shida a ranar 5 ga Fabrairu, da nufin sanya su cikin ajandar taron.Duk da haka, an ƙi amincewa da shawararsa, kuma an yi wa Rahman lakabi a matsayin mai neman ballewa.Saboda haka, ya kauracewa taron a ranar 6 ga Fabrairu.Daga baya a wannan watan, kwamitin aiki na Awami League gaba ɗaya ya karɓi maki shida.Shawarar maki shida ta samo asali ne daga sha'awar baiwa Gabashin Pakistan 'yancin cin gashin kai.Duk da kasancewar yawancin al'ummar Pakistan da kuma bayar da gudummawa sosai ga kudaden shiga da take fitarwa ta hanyar kayayyaki kamar jute, Gabashin Pakistan sun ji an ware su a fagen siyasa da fa'idar tattalin arziki a cikin Pakistan.Shawarar ta fuskanci kin amincewa daga 'yan siyasar yammacin Pakistan da wasu 'yan siyasa wadanda ba 'yan Awami League ba daga gabashin Pakistan, ciki har da shugaban jam'iyyar Awami League ta Pakistan, Nawabzada Nasarullah Khan, da kuma jam'iyyu kamar National Awami Party, Jamaat-i-Islami, da kuma Nizam-i-Islam.Duk da wannan adawar, ƙungiyar ta sami gagarumin goyon baya a tsakanin galibin al'ummar Gabashin Pakistan.