The deposed Prime Minister of Bangladesh has charged the interim regime, headed by Nobel winner Mohammed Yunus, with driving the nation into mayhem and lawlessness. She promised to head back home and would assist desperate families and demand justice.
She denounced Yunus for his acknowledged lack of experience as a governor, calling on him to retire. She also accused him of doing nothing while last year's student riots about her quota reforms killed several policemen, claiming his failure let chaos get out of hand.
"Yunus has no governance experience. He disbanded all the inquiry committees and unleashed the terrorists to kill people. They are demolishing Bangladesh. We will oust this terrorist government. Inshallah," Hasina declared.
Addressing Awami League supporters online from India on Monday, she reasserted her determination to go back and bring the culprits to justice. "I will return. The killers will be brought to justice in Bangladesh. Their day of reckoning will come on Bangladeshi soil. Maybe that's why Allah has spared my life," she said.
Since her removal, Hasina has been quite low-key, but she has now started addressing her party workers directly and reconnecting with supporters through online messages and speeches.
Both the caretaker government and protesting student organizations have retaliated fiercely, trying to restrain her outreach. While the government is sending extradition files to India in a bid to return her home to Bangladesh, furious student bodies have resorted to vengeful tactics, including vandalizing the iconic Dhanmondi 32 home of Bangladesh's founding father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Meanwhile, speaking at the World Governments Summit in Dubai last week, Yunus reaffirmed his stance against Hasina’s former regime, stating that accountability was non-negotiable. “We’ll bring her (Hasina) to justice. It has to happen, otherwise, people will not forgive us,” he said.
He also stressed that legal action was already in motion, having faith in the legal process. "We have already started the legal process, and we hope it will go smoothly so that we can bring her to justice. It is necessary that this should happen, otherwise, people will not forgive us," Yunus was quoted as saying by the top Bangla daily Prothom Alo.
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