'Militant leader' Yunus selling off Bangladesh to US: Sheikh Hasina's big charge

UPDATED: May 25, 2025 10:54 IST

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sharpened her attack against the head of the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, and said he is selling off the country to the US. The fresh attack comes as protests hit the country again after reports said Yunus threatened to resign following the Army's call for elections in December.

She also alleged that Yunus is running the government with the help of militants and slammed him for imposing a ban on her party, the Awami League.

Sheikh Hasina, in a Facebook post, recalled that her father had to give his life as he did not agree to give St. Martin's Island to America. Slamming Yunus, she said, he was loved by the country but has changed after he came to power.

"When America wanted St. Martin's Island, my father did not agree. He had to give his life. And that was my destiny. Because I never had the thought of selling the country to stay in power. And the country that the people of this country responded to the call of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, took up arms and fought and gave their lives to free three million people. It cannot be anyone's intention to give up even an inch of that country's soil to anyone. But what a misfortune it is today. Such a person came to power, a person who is absolutely loved by the people of the whole country, a person who is loved by the world, and what happened to that person today when he came to power?"

Hasina further alleged that Yunush is running the government with the help of militants.

"He has seized power with the help of terrorists, with the help of terrorists, all the terrorists, even those who are banned in various international arenas, from whom we protected the people of Bangladesh. After only one terrorist attack, we took strict measures. Many were arrested. Now prisons are empty. They released everyone. Now Bangladesh is the reign of those militants," she said.

She also called out the ban on her party Awami League and termed it illegal.

"The constitution of our great Bengali nation, we got it through a long struggle and through the liberation war. Who gave this militant leader, who has illegally seized power the right to touch the constitution? He does not have the mandate of the people, has no constitutional basis. That position (Chief Advisor) also has no basis, and it does not exist. So how can he change the law without a parliament, this is illegal. They have banned the Awami League," Hasina added.