Sheikh Hasina alleges she was ousted from Bangladesh by US: Report
‘Could have remained in power if I had surrendered the sovereignty of Saint Martin Island,’ said the former prime minister, reported ‘The Economic Times’.
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Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is currently in India after fleeing her country amid anti-government protests, has accused the United States government of conspiring to oust her from power, The Economic Times reported on Sunday.
According to the newspaper, Hasina claimed in a message conveyed through her close associates that she was ousted because she had refused to hand over to the US the Bangladeshi territory of Saint Martin Island, in the Bay of Bengal.
“I could have remained in power if I had surrendered the sovereignty of Saint Martin Island and allowed America to hold sway over the Bay of Bengal,” the former Bangladeshi prime minister said, according to The Economic Times.
She also warned Bangladeshi nationals against being “manipulated by radicals”.
On August 5, Hasina resigned and fled Bangladesh after the student-led protests against a controversial quota scheme for government jobs, which started in July, evolved into a broader agitation against her administration.
In April, before the protests, Hasina reportedly told her country’s Parliament that the US was “pursuing a strategy” to change the regime in Bangladesh. “They are trying to eliminate democracy and introduce a government that will not have a democratic existence,” she had claimed.
In her latest message, Hasina said that if she had stayed in the country, more lives...
