Sheikh Hasina alleges Muhammad Yunus perpetrated ‘genocide’ in Bangladesh
The former Bangladeshi prime minister also accused Yunus’ government of failing to protect minorities.
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Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday accused Muhammad Yunus, the head of the country’s interim government, of perpetrating “genocide” and failing to protect minorities, The Indian Express reported.
The ousted Awami League leader, in her first public speech since she left the country, also alleged that there were plans to assassinate her and her sister Sheikh Rehana like their father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president of independent Bangladesh.
“Today, I am being accused of genocide,” Hasina said in New York. “In reality, Yunus has been involved in genocide in a meticulously designed manner. The masterminds – the student coordinators and Yunus – are behind this genocide.”
Hasina claimed that Hindus, Buddhists and Christians have all been targeted, with eleven churches destroyed and temples and Buddhist shrines damaged, PTI reported.
“When the Hindus protested, the ISKCON leader was arrested,” she said, in an indirect reference to Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das who was arrested on November 25 on sedition charges for allegedly disrespecting Bangladesh’s national flag.
“What is this persecution of minorities for?” she asked. “Why are they being ruthlessly persecuted and attacked? People no longer have the right to justice.”
Hasina resigned as the prime minister and fled to India on August 5 amid widespread protests against her Awami League government. Yunus, a Nobel laureate...
