Dhaka:
Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who’s at present in exile in India, known as the South Asian nation’s interim authorities chief Muhammad Yunus a “mobster” and accused him of unleashing “terrorists” and fostering “lawlessness” within the nation. In response, Dhaka reaffirmed its dedication to bringing her again from India and pressured securing Ms Hasina’s extradition stays its prime precedence.
Ms Hasina, who fled to India after her authorities was toppled in a student-led rebellion on August 5, 2024, on Monday held a one-on-one interplay on Zoom with the widows of 4 policemen killed throughout final July’s scholar rebellion. Throughout the dialog, the ousted chief commiserated on their tragic loss and promised redressal upon her return.
“The killings have been a part of his meticulous conspiracy to throw me out of energy,” she stated, including “I’ll return and avenge the deaths of our policemen.”
Accusing Mr Yunus of dissolving all inquiry committees, Ms Hasina alleged the interim authorities has “unleashed terrorists” to butcher folks.
“They’re destroying Bangladesh,” she stated. Ms Hasina additional claimed that she escaped an assassination try narrowly when her authorities was overthrown, stating, “By the grace of God, I used to be stored alive to do one thing good. I’ll return and guarantee justice for all of you.”
The 4 policemen have been killed when Ms Hasina tried to suppress the student-led protests final 12 months in July-August. The second which began as protests towards a controversial quota system quickly culminated in a name for her ouster.
In a teary tackle, Ms Hasina famous that just about 450 police stations have been additionally set on fireplace and stated the killings have been half of a bigger conspiracy orchestrated by Mr Yunus, who has since accepted there was a “design and conspiracy” to take away Ms Hasina.
“The killings have been a part of his meticulous conspiracy to throw me out of energy,” she stated.
The previous premier added that “mobster” Muhammad Yunus and others who induced these killings can be dropped at justice “on Bangla soil”.
“This authorities that usurped energy has to go. Folks have to make sure that. Human rights violations below him (Mr Yunus) have been unprecedented. Now we have to make sure the folks put him out of energy,” she added.
Dhaka’s Response
Quickly after Ms Hasina’s Zoom interplay, Bangladesh’s interim administration pressured that securing the previous Prime Minister’s extradition from India stays their topmost precedence.
“That is the federal government’s prime precedence. We are going to proceed our efforts to extradite Hasina to carry her trial in particular person,” stated Mr Yunus’ press secretary, Shafiqul Alam on Tuesday.
Casting a shadow on the way forward for Ms Hasina’s Awami League in Bangladesh, Alam stated the folks and political events of Bangladesh will determine if the occasion ought to live on within the nation’s political panorama, however pressured that these allegedly concerned in killings, enforced disappearances, and different crimes should face justice.
He additionally cited a report from the Workplace of the United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), which accuses Ms Hasina’s administration of committing crimes towards humanity and stated, “After the report of the UN and a few stories of rights teams have been revealed, strain has mounted (on India to return Ms Hasina to Bangladesh).”
India But To Reply
Bangladesh’s International Workplace has submitted a diplomatic be aware requesting Ms Hasina’s repatriation. New Delhi has acknowledged its receipt, nevertheless it has but to supply any additional response.