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Sheikh Hasina has accused interim chief Muhammad Yunus of seizing vitality with terrorist help and abroad backing, warning of a grave menace to Bangladesh’s sovereignty and democracy.
New Delhi:
As Bangladesh finds itself at a crossroads ahead of potential elections, political tensions have escalated dramatically with former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launching a scathing assault on the interim authorities chief, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus. In a fiery social media submit, Hasina accused Yunus of collaborating with extremist groups to illegitimately seize vitality and of aligning the nation’s pursuits with abroad powers, notably the United States.
Hasina, head of the now-banned Awami League, warned that Bangladesh’s democratic framework and sovereignty are beneath menace. She alleged that Yunus, with no electoral mandate, has taken administration of the federal authorities by unconstitutional means and with the backing of banned terrorist organizations.
Release of extremists and erosion of security
Hasina extra claimed that dozens of acknowledged militants—arrested all through her administration in anti-terror operations—have been launched from jail since Yunus assumed administration. “The prisons are being emptied, and those who once endangered our citizens are now holding influence within the state,” she wrote.
Framing these developments as a nationwide security emergency, Hasina emphasised that the shift threatens not solely public safety however as well as the democratic guidelines upon which Bangladesh was primarily based.
Allegations of abroad collusion
In actually one in all her most pointed accusations, Hasina claimed that Yunus is performing beneath the have an effect on of abroad powers, notably the US “My father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, lost his life because he refused to surrender St. Martin’s Island to the Americans,” she said, referencing Bangladesh’s founding chief. “I will not sell this nation to remain in power.”
She accused Yunus of doing precisely that—sacrificing nationwide curiosity for worldwide approval. Her remarks come amid rising speculation over Yunus’s ties with Western nations, which Hasina has prolonged cited as a set off for concern.
Awami League ban sparks outrage
Hasina moreover condemned the present ban on the Awami League as an “unconstitutional” and “illegal” switch, questioning the legitimacy of the interim authority to make such picks with no functioning parliament. “Who gave this unelected leader the right to rewrite the laws of the land?” she requested, troublesome the legality of the federal authorities’s actions.
She reiterated that the place of Chief Advisor, which Yunus in the intervening time holds, has no approved or constitutional grounding in Bangladesh’s political system.
Rising tensions ahead of proposed elections
The latest developments come throughout the wake of an announcement from Yunus warning of “public-supported action” in response to what he described as “unreasonable pressure” from the military and opposition forces pushing for elections by December. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the army chief have every urged the interim authorities to announce an election timeline to revive democratic order.
