Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina resigns as widening unrest sees

 


The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, resigned on Monday after PM and reportedly flees nation as anti-government protesters storm her residence following weeks of violent protests against the government in the country of South Asia.

The incident started with the quota movement of the students. While the quota demand was later accepted, the students started a movement for 9-point demand. When this was not being taken well by the government, then the 1-point demand movement started. As a result of which Sheikh Hasina was forced to resign after noon on August 5.


Scenes of jubilation erupted in student streets as protesters mounted tanks and scaled an imposing statue of Hasina's father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, celebrating the end of his 15-year rule.

In 4.00 PM of 5th August, Bangladesh’s army chief, Gen. Waker-uz-Zaman confirmed Hasina had resigned and said the military would make an interim government.

The army chief said, “Whatever demands you have we will fulfil and bring back peace to the nation, please help us in this, stay away from violence.” “The military will not fire at anyone, the police will not fire at anyone, I have given orders,” he added.


Sheikh Hasina’s departure threatens to create even more instability in the densely populated nation on India’s border that is already dealing with a series of crises, from high unemployment to corruption to climate change. For security concerns, the main airport in Dhaka, the capital, suspended operations.


Speaking to a nervous country, Waker-uz-Zaman attempted to reassure them that order would be restored after the troubled leader was seen in television footage boarding a military chopper with her sister. However, experts cautioned that the path ahead would be lengthy.


“This is not just the end of the tyrant Sheikh Hasina, with this we put an end to the mafia state that she has created,” declared Sairaj Salekin, a student protester, on the streets of Dhaka.


Throughout the day, people continued to pour into and out of Hasina’s official residence, where they set fires, carried out furniture and pulled raw fish from the refrigerators. They also massed outside the parliament building, where a banner reading “justice” was hung.

76-year-old Sheikh Hasina was elected for a fourth consecutive term in the January polls. But the country's main opposition party boycotted it. Thousands of opposition members were jailed which led to the US and UK condemning the result as not credible, although the government defended it.
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