Hasina accuses Yunus of unleashing terrorists to ‘butcher’ Bangla people

In a scathing attack on the interim government led by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh, the country’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has accused him of “destroying” Bangladesh while “unleashing terrorists to butcher” people.

In a virtual address to her Awami League party supporters, Hasina who is living in exile in India after her government’s downfall in August last year, accused Yunus-led interim government of turning Bangladesh into a hub of “terrorism and lawlessness”.

While addressing her supporters in Bangla, she vowed to return back home and also assured the suffering families of justice.

Hasina accused Yunus of maintaining silence as dozens of police officers were killed last year during student-led riots against her government. She said Yunus has no experience in running a government and he should step down.

“Yunus has no experience of running a government. He dissolved all inquiry committees and unleashed the terrorists to butcher people. They are destroying Bangladesh. We will out this government of terrorists. Inshallah,” said Hasina.

She said, “I will return. The killers will face justice in Bangladesh. Their reckoning will happen on Bangladeshi soil. Perhaps that’s why Allah has kept me alive.”

Off late Hasina has been regularly reaching out to her party cadre through online mode and disseminating her message to her supporters in Bangladesh.