‘If You Play With Fire…’: Sheikh Hasina Warns Yunus Days After Awami League's Remark On Her Comeback

Last Updated:April 14, 2025, 13:19 IST

It comes days after US Awami League said that Sheikh Hasina would return as Bangladesh PM and suggested the country's advisor to return from where he came.

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (Image: Reuters)

Ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina unleashed a fierce attack on Muhammad Yunus, warning him against “playing with fire" and accusing his interim government of conspiring with foreign forces to push the country towards disaster.

It comes days after US Awami League Vice President Dr Rabbi Alam said that Hasina, who took shelter in India last August, would return as Bangladesh PM and suggested the country’s advisor to return from where he came.

“All signs of Bangladesh’s freedom movement are being removed. Mukti Joddhas (freedom fighters) are being insulted. We had built Mukti Joddha Complexes in all districts to keep their memories alive, but those are being burnt down. Will Dr Yunus be able to justify this?" she said,

She further warned the chief adviser: “If you play with fire, it will burn you too."

During the eight-minute virtual address, she also raised suspicion over the killing of Abu Sayeed, a student protester who became a face of the resistance.

She also alleged that the Yunus-led interim government attempted to erase Bangladesh’s history, particularly the Awami League’s role in the country’s struggle for independence.

“That loan shark, power-hungry, money-hungry, self-centred person hatched a foreign conspiracy and used wealth from abroad to destroy the country. The BNP (Bangladesh ist Party) and Jamaat-e-Islami are carrying out (political) murders and harassing (Awami League leaders)," she said.

In August last year, a student-led uprising forced then Bangladesh’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, out of office after weeks of protests and violent clashes that left over 600 dead.

The 77-year-old leader fled to India amid the turmoil, and an interim government headed by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus was established.

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