Ousted Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina.

Bangladesh’s deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is continuously targeting the interim government. Sheikh Hasina has claimed in a recent interview regarding the coup that she decided to leave temporarily. Sheikh Hasina says that she never resigned, never left power, but she was ousted from power in a non-elected manner. Sheikh Hasina is a four-time Prime Minister of the country. After the coup in Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina is living in a secret place in Delhi.

After this, these days interviews of Sheikh Hasina are coming out one after the other. In a recent interview, he made serious allegations against Pakistan and America regarding the coup. In a recent interview given to a media house, he talked about the fall of his regime, the violence that followed and the interim government led by Mohammad Yunus. At the same time, she rejects the popular uprising, accuses her opponents of encouraging militants and warns that since her departure, planned attacks on Bangladesh’s minorities, especially Hindus, have increased.

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In a recent interview, Sheikh Hasina candidly responded to allegations of excessive use of force during the 2024 protests, her political future and her possible return in the upcoming elections. Hasina says that India – which she considers Bangladesh’s most important ally – should not legitimize any election in which the Awami League is kept out.

She also says that the new July Charter is an attempt to rewrite the country’s history and undermines the core principles that her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, had established at the time of independence.

As Bangladesh stands at a geopolitical juncture amid rising tensions with India and China’s growing presence, Hasina offers her strongest criticism yet of the interim government — and warns that at stake is not just Bangladesh’s future, but the stability of the entire region.

What was said about resignation?

Sheikh Hasina said, I neither wrote the resignation nor signed it, nor did I submit any resignation to the President. What happened in August was not a constitutional transfer of power, but an act of usurpation of power by unelected people. By the beginning of August the security situation had deteriorated to such an extent that credible threats were made against my life. Considering my safety and the safety of the people around me, I was advised to leave the country.

He further said, at that time I had two options – either to bow to the demands of the extremist forces, or to save my people from further violence by removing myself from the immediate danger. I decided to leave the country temporarily to prevent the situation from worsening and to prevent any further bloodshed. My departure was a question of compulsion and survival, not of resignation or leaving the post.

What did you say about the movement?

Regarding the movement that started against her in the year 2024, Sheikh Hasina said, initially this movement was related to the economic and social grievances of the students, but very soon it was hijacked by extremist groups and forces whose aim was to destroy the democratic structure of Bangladesh.

He further said, the sudden outbreak of violence, the banning of the country’s most popular political party and the immediate centralization of power in a small group around Yunus, all show that this was never a movement for democratic reform. This was more of a coup than a mass movement.

If this was really a people’s movement, then why has Yunus not yet gone among the people and tested his legitimacy through fair elections?

What did you say about the atrocities on the Hindu community?

Sheikh Hasina said, the systematic attacks on Hindu communities and other minorities from August 2024 onwards are not meaningless violent incidents. They are part of a well-planned campaign being carried out by radical elements who have been emboldened and supported by the present administration.

He further said, during my government, we worked hard for the safety of all citizens, irrespective of their religion. Bangladesh was founded on secular and democratic principles that respect diversity. But, now religious minorities are living in fear. Their temples are being attacked, their businesses are being destroyed and their families are being threatened.

The interim government’s failure to protect minorities is not just negligence — it is complicity. The international community should not remain silent while Hindus and other minorities of Bangladesh are facing this atrocities.