Sheikh Hasina holds Muhammad Yunus responsible for mass brutal killings in Bangladesh

Hindus, Buddhists, and Christians are being targeted in Bangladesh, says Sheikh Hasina

Amid the ongoing atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh, Deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accused Muhammad Yunus, who is heading the interim government, of mass killings and targeting other minorities in the country.

Speaking virtually at an Awami League event in New York, Hasina criticized Yunus for the series of attacks on temples, churches, and the ISKCON religious organization.

“Today, I have been accused of mass killings. In reality, it is Muhammad Yunus who has indulged in mass killings through a meticulously designed plan along with the student coordinators. They are the masterminds. Even Tarique Rahman (BNP leader and Khaleda Zia’s son) from London has said that if the deaths continue, then the government won’t last,” Hasina, who fled to India after the fall of her Awami League government in August, said.

Hasina said, “Today, teachers and police are all being attacked and killed… Hindus, Buddhists, and Christians are being targeted. Churches and several temples have been attacked. Why are minorities being targeted in Bangladesh now?”

The scathing attack on Yunus comes amid a wave of attacks on the Hindu community by radical Islamists in Bangladesh. The arrests of three Hindu monks have only added to the concerns.

The former Prime Minister claimed there was a plan to assassinate her just like her father and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed. Hasina said she left Bangladesh as she didn’t want a “massacre”.

“I did not want a massacre. If I wanted to hold on to power, there would have been a massacre. When people were being killed indiscriminately, I decided I should leave. Had my security personnel opened fire, so many would have died at Gana Bhavan. I did not want that,” she said.

Speaking in the final moments before she fled the country, Hasina said an armed mob came to Gana Bhavan to assassinate her.

“There was a plan to assassinate just like the Father of our Nation who was killed on August 15 (1975). It was a matter of 25–30 minutes. But I told my security not to open fire,” Hasina told her party workers.

Hasina fled Bangladesh on August 5 amid violent student protests, with the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government subsequently taking over the country’s charge.

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