"I Am Coming": Sheikh Hasina Promises Supporters In Bangladesh (X image X image @JogooRangi)
Delhi, India: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina voiced her intend to go back to Bangladesh. She had some strong remarks against the current interim government in Bangladesh. She said “Allah kept me alive for a reason”, and the “day will come” when those targeting Awami League members will be brought to justice. Hasina made the remarks during an interaction with family members of her party leaders on social media.
Hasina, who escaped to India after a nationwide movement ousted her from power, targeted Muhammad Yunus, the chief advisor of the interim government in Bangladesh. He described him as “someone who never loved the people”.
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“He loaned out small amounts at high interest rates and used the money to live lavishly abroad. We could not understand his duplicity then, so we helped him a lot. But people did not benefit. He did well for himself. Then developed a lust for power that is burning Bangladesh now,” she said.
She said Bangladesh, which was once seen as a model of development, has now turned into a “terrorist country”. “Our leaders and workers are being killed in a way that cannot be described. Awami League, cops, lawyers, journalists, artists, everyone is being targeted,” she added.
She also said media is under severe crackdown in the country. Hasina alleged that “rapes, murders, dacoities, nothing can be reported. And if it is reported, the TV channel or newspaper will be targeted”.
Mentioning the murder of her father and first President of Bangladesh, she said, “I lost my father, mother, brother, everyone in one day. And then they did not let us return to the country. I know the pain of losing your own. Allah keeps protecting me, maybe he wants to get some good done through me. Those who have committed these crimes must be punished. This is my pledge,” she said.
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Family members of Awami League were also present during the interaction and recounted horrific experiences they felt. “These are not humans, they will face justice. Allah will not tolerate this”, Hasina replied.
When a woman narrated how her father was killed, the Awami League leader said, “You will do justice, the way I did justice after my parents were killed. We will find them, the day will come. I believe this, or I would not be alive.”
When one supporter told the 77-year leader, “May Allah grant you the opportunity again.” She replied, “He will. That’s why Allah has kept me alive. I am coming.”
The remarks came amidst Dhaka’s attempts to extradite Hasina. In their meeting on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC summit, Yunus asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the status of the extradition request. He also told PM Modi that Sheikh Hasina had been making “inflammatory remarks” in the media and “trying to destabilise the situation in Bangladesh…We request that the Government of India take appropriate measures to restrain her from continuing to make such incendiary statements while she remains in your country”, as reported by media.
