Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday stated that her nation was “bleeding” and “on fringe of abyss”, saying that the homeland received beneath her father Sheikh Mujibur Rehman was “now ravaged by the monstrous onslaught of extremist communal forces and international perpetrators”.
Addressing an occasion in New Delhi in a web-based audio message, Hasina, who has been dwelling in exile within the Indian capital since fleeing Dhaka in August 2024, stated that Bangladesh has develop into “an enormous jail, an execution floor, a valley of dying”.
“Bangladesh stands as we speak on the fringe of an abyss, a nation battered and bleeding, navigating probably the most perilous chapters in its historical past. The homeland received by way of the supreme Liberation Battle beneath the management of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is now ravaged by the monstrous onslaught of extremist communal forces and international perpetrators. Our as soon as serene and fertile land has been lowered to a wounded, blood-soaked panorama. In fact, the complete nation has develop into an enormous jail, an execution floor, a valley of dying,” Sheikh Hasina was quoted by ANI as saying.
Hasina, who was ousted by a mass scholar rebellion, known as chief advisor Mohammed Yunus, the pinnacle of Bangladesh’s interim authorities that changed hers, “a usurer, cash launderer, plunderer, and a corrupt, power-hungry traitor”.
“All over the place one hears solely the cries of individuals struggling to outlive amid destruction. A determined plea for all times. Coronary heart-rending screams for aid. The murderous fascist Yunus, a usurer, a cash launderer, a plunderer, and a corrupt, power-hungry traitor, has bled our nation dry along with his all-consuming paradigms, staining the soul of our motherland,” she stated.
She additionally claimed that she was thrown out of energy by Yunus, whom she went on to name a “murderous fascist”, and his “anti-state militant accomplices”.
“On August 5, 2024, in a meticulously engineered conspiracy, the nationwide enemy, the murderous fascist Yunus, and his anti-state militant accomplices forcibly ousted me, although I’m the individuals’s consultant immediately elected. From that day ahead, the nation has been plunged into an age of terror, cruel, relentless, and suffocating. Democracy is now in exile,” Hasina added.
The Awami League supremo and her celebration has been banned from contesting the upcoming nationwide elections in Bangladesh, scheduled for February 12. She stated justice has eroded within the nation and that it was dealing with “lawlessness, insecurity, and persecution of minorities”.
“The nation is dealing with lawlessness, insecurity, and persecution of minorities, with mob violence, looting, and extremism spreading nationwide. Establishments have weakened, justice has eroded, and worry dominates day by day life amid allegations of betrayal of nationwide pursuits. On this disaster, there’s a name for unity to defend the Structure, restore democracy, shield sovereignty, and resist what’s described as an unelected and violent regime,” PTI quoted the ex-PM as saying.
Sheikh Hasina’s assault on BNP
In an earlier audio message shared on the Awami League Fb web page on Friday, Sheikh Hasina launched a scathing assault on rival Bangladesh Nationalist Social gathering (BNP), which is the entrance runner for the upcoming February elections.
Hasina reminded that she had by no means banned the BNP and had even invited late Khalida Zia to struggle elections collectively in 2014, a proposal which she claimed was rejected.
“Concerning the 2024 election, they stated they would not take part. We tried to carry them in, however they did not come; they boycotted it. Awami League contested and got here by way of. To today, concerning the questions they elevate about this election—have they been capable of present {that a} single irregularity occurred? Or that there was violence or killings at any polling heart? They cannot present something.However there are allegations. And Dr. Yunus has cash; he’s utilizing that cash to unfold propaganda/disinformation everywhere in the world,” Hasina stated within the audio message.
