Bangladesh’s caretaker government leader Muhammad Yunus has praised the students who led protests that resulted in the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “Without a doubt… the student-led revolution brought down the entire government,” Yunus said at a news conference on Sunday after meeting the students.
Highlighting the conversation he had with the students, Yunus said, “I told the students, ‘I respect and admire you… What you have accomplished is truly unparalleled… and since you asked me to take over the interim administration, I accept.”
Two of the student protesters, Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud, are among the 16-member advisory council that was inaugurated alongside Yunus.
“Finally, the time has come: the monster is gone,” the 84-year-old Nobel laureate said of Hasina’s departure, marking the end of what critics had called an autocratic regime that repressed all dissent.
Yunus warned the interim government, however, that public support is limited and that they will soon face numerous difficult decisions.
He also stressed that the recent wave of resignations among senior public officials, including the chief justice and the head of Bangladesh’s central bank, was carried out “legally.”
The caretaker government was established after weeks of violence and clashes in Bangladesh, sparked by protests over a jobs quota, led Hasina, a five-time prime minister, to resign and flee. Hasina, considered a key ally of New Delhi, is currently in an undisclosed location and is reportedly seeking political asylum, possibly in the UK.
Following Hasina’s departure, Yunus, who faced multiple corruption charges under the previous administration and was in Europe during Hasina’s tenure, was chosen by protesters to oversee democratic reforms.
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