New Delhi. Bangladesh’s deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has launched a scathing attack on the head of the country’s interim government, Mohammad Yunus, over the alleged oppression of minorities, accusing him of failing to protect the minorities. Addressing an event organized in New York online, Hasina accused Yunus of committing “genocide” and failing to protect minorities, including Hindus.
He also claimed that like his father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a conspiracy was hatched to kill him and his sister Sheikh Rehana. Mujibur Rahman was assassinated in 1975. This was Hasina’s first public address after she fled the country and took refuge in India due to massive anti-government protests in Bangladesh in August.
Referring to the attack on his official residence in Dhaka on August 5, he said, “Armed protesters were sent towards ‘Gana Bhawan’. If the security personnel had opened fire, many people could have lost their lives. I was forced to leave from there. I told them (security personnel) that no matter what happens, they should not open fire.” In the program organized on Sunday, Hasina said, “Today I am being accused of genocide. In fact, Yunus has been involved in genocide in a planned manner. The main conspirators behind this massacre are the student coordinator and Yunus.” Hasina said that the current ruling government in Dhaka has failed to protect the minorities.
Making an indirect reference to the arrest of Hindu saint Chinmoy Krishna Das, he said, “Hindu, Buddhist, Christian – no one has been spared. Eleven churches have been demolished, temples and Buddhist places of worship have been destroyed. When Hindus protested, the ISKCON leader was arrested.” Hasina said, “Why is this atrocities happening on minorities? Why are they being harassed and attacked?” He said, “People no longer have the right to get justice… I didn’t even get time to resign.” Hasina said that she had left Bangladesh in August with the aim of stopping the violence, but that did not happen.
Yunus calls for national unity to counter ‘campaign involving big countries’
Bangladesh’s interim government chief Mohammad Yunus on Wednesday called for national unity among political parties to counter the “campaign involving major countries” to discredit the rebellion against the then Sheikh Hasina government. While addressing the representatives of political parties amid tensions with India, Yunus did not take the name of any country.
However, sources said Yunus sought the opinion of political leaders on three issues, including the ongoing “propaganda” against Bangladesh in India and other parts of the world, the attack on the Bangladesh Mission in Agartala and allegations of attacks on minorities in recent times. Are included. Yunus said that people who dislike the rebellion in July-August are trying to show in the country and abroad that there is some “dangerous” reason behind removing Sheikh Hasina from the post of Prime Minister.
Without naming any country, he said, “The campaign against the new Bangladesh is no longer limited to the domestic level, but big countries have also been included in it.” In a video released by Yunus’ office, he was heard telling political leaders, “Now we have to tell the whole world that we are one.” Whatever we achieved, we achieved it together. “This has now become an issue of our existence.”