In 1969, Ayub Khan opened up the negotiations with the opposition parties in what was termed as "Round Table Conference" where he held talks with every opposition party except for Awami League and Pakistan Peoples Party. However, no results were yielded and strong anti-Ayub demonstration sparked in all over the country that called for his resignation. During this time, Ayub Khan survived a near-fatal cardiac arrest that put him out of the office, and later survived a paralysis attack that put him on wheelchair. The Police were unable to control the situation and the law and order situation worsen in the country, especially in East where the serious uprising and riots were quelled in 1969, that at one point, his Home and Defence Minister Vice-Admiral Rahman told the journalists that the "country was under the Mob rule and that Police were not strong enough to tackle the situation".