“Selling Nation To US”: Sheikh Hasina’s Big Charge Against Muhammad Yunus

Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused the South Asian nation’s interim authorities head Muhammad Yunus of “promoting the nation to the USA.” She additionally condemned the current ban on her Awami League social gathering, calling it unconstitutional. In an audio message posted on her social gathering’s Fb account, Bangladesh’s ousted chief reiterated that Yunus seized management of the Bangladesh authorities with the assistance of extremist teams.

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was appointed because the transitional chief of the interim authorities on 7 August 2024, days after student-led protests in opposition to the federal government pressured the then-premier Hasina to resign and flee Bangladesh. Hasina’s newest assault got here amid experiences claiming Yunus has threatened to resign following the army’s name for basic elections to be held in Bangladesh in December. 

She claimed Yunus, who gained worldwide recognition underneath her authorities, has given the reins of the federal government to “terrorists”, in opposition to whom her authorities fought. 

“My father didn’t conform to America’s calls for for St. Martin’s Island. He needed to give his life for that. And that was my future as I by no means considered promoting the nation to remain in energy,” she mentioned.

She recalled how Bangladeshi took up arms and fought alongside along with her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, for Bangladesh’s independence and mentioned, “It could possibly’t be anybody’s intention to surrender even an inch of that nation’s soil to anybody. However what a misfortune it’s at present. Such an individual got here to energy, an individual who is completely beloved by the individuals of the entire nation, an individual who’s beloved by the world, and what occurred to that particular person at present when he got here to energy?”

Hasina repeated her allegation that Yunus seized energy in Bangladesh with the assistance of extremist teams. “He has seized energy with the assistance of terrorists, even those that are banned in varied worldwide arenas, in opposition to whom my authorities protected the individuals of Bangladesh. After just one terrorist assault, we took strict measures. Many have been arrested. Now prisons are empty. They launched everybody. Now Bangladesh is the reign of these militants,” she mentioned.

Calling Yunus a “militant chief”, she additionally attacked the federal government for banning the Awami League in Bangladesh, calling it each unlawful and unconstitutional.

“The structure of our nice Bengali nation, we received it by way of an extended battle and the liberation warfare. Who gave this militant chief, who has illegally seized energy, the best to the touch the structure? He doesn’t have the mandate of the individuals and has no constitutional foundation. That place (Chief Advisor) additionally has no foundation, and it doesn’t exist. So, how can he change the legislation and not using a parliament? That is unlawful. They’ve banned the Awami League,” Hasina added.