New Delhi, January 25 (IANS). A new controversy has arisen after diplomatic recordings related to the political turmoil of 2024 in Bangladesh and the overthrow of Sheikh Hasina government were leaked from America. After the recording was leaked, Awami League has raised questions about America’s role.
Former Bangladesh Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury said at a recent event that the audio vindicates the Awami League’s long-standing position that the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government was not an entirely organic process.
In the last few years, be it Bangladesh or Nepal, incidents of government collapse have come to light. Such efforts were gaining momentum in France too, but failed. In the change of power in all these countries, one name was mentioned in common, that is America. Countries where the government was overthrown and which was preceded by massive violence or revolution. It is being said continuously that this was done at the behest of America. Although there is no official evidence of this.
Now the leaked US diplomatic recording regarding Bangladesh has brought Washington at the center of new allegations. This recording has been mentioned in a report published in Stratanews Global, a major daily. According to this, this recording contains a conversation of a senior American diplomat, in which he is talking about joining the Islamic political forces of Bangladesh and predicting the course of the country in the post-Hasina era.
This has intensified the demand for investigation into America’s role in Bangladesh and has also given Awami League leaders an opportunity to launch sharp attacks on the Yunus government.
Sheikh Hasina was forced to flee her country on August 5, 2024. She has been living in Delhi since leaving Bangladesh. Hassan Chaudhry further said that the leaked audio conversations of US diplomats show a ‘blatant conspiracy’ to manage post-poll governments in Bangladesh and warned about the serious consequences of such a situation.
Expressing strong objection to barring the Awami League from contesting the elections, he said that excluding major political forces like the Awami League would deprive a large section of the electorate of the right to vote, leading to the formation of an illegitimate government without popular mandate.
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