Big allegation by Sheikh Hasina
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has made a big allegation and said that a big conspiracy was hatched to remove me from power. She has accused America of ousting her from power. Hasina has said that America had planned to remove her from power because of not giving St. Martin Island. She says that getting this island could have helped America in gaining influence over the Bay of Bengal. Hasina warned the people of her country and said that you all should not get misled by the fundamentalists.
Economics Times reported that Sheikh Hasina has said these things in a message sent through her close aides. Economic Times has received this message from Hasina. Sheikh Hasina resigned from the post of PM on 5 August after the fierce protests of the students and left the country. She is currently living in a safe place in India.
What has Haseena written in the message
In the message, Hasina said, ‘I resigned so that I don’t have to see the procession of dead bodies. They wanted to come to power on the dead bodies of students, but I did not let this happen. I resigned from the post of Prime Minister.’ She further said, ‘I could have remained in power if I had given up the sovereignty of St. Martin Island and allowed America to establish its dominance over the Bay of Bengal. I request the people of my country, please do not get misled by the fundamentalists.’
Kugelman denies the allegations
Michael Kugelman, director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center, rejected allegations by Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, who claimed foreign interference was behind the protests, saying internal factors were responsible for the unrest in Bangladesh. The Hasina government’s harsh crackdown on protesters escalated the movement. “My view is very simple. I see it as a crisis that was driven entirely by internal factors, students who were unhappy about a particular issue, job quotas that they didn’t like and they were upset about the government. Sheikh Hasina’s government came down very hard on the students and after that the movement became very big and it was driven solely by internal factors,” Kugelman said.
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