Former PM Hasina Accuses Yunus Of Selling Bangladesh To US, She Condemns Ban On Awami League

New Delhi : Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina intensified her criticism of interim government head Muhammad Yunus, accusing him of selling the country to the United States. Hasina further alleged that Yunus is governing with the support of militant groups and condemned the recent ban on her party, the Awami League, calling it unconstitutional.

Hasina invoked the memory of her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh, claiming he was assassinated for refusing to cede St. Martin’s Island to the U.S. 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, she added.

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 She said.

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, Hasina added. On Saturday, Yunus warned of public-backed action if pressure was piled on them through unreasonable demands.