A big conspiracy was hatched to remove me from power- Big allegation by former PM Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh Violence: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has made a big allegation and said that a big conspiracy was hatched to remove me from power. She has accused the US of ousting her from power. Hasina has said that the US had planned to remove her from power because of not giving St. Martin Island. She says that getting this island could have helped the US to gain influence over the Bay of Bengal. Hasina warned the people of her country and said that you all should not get misled by the fundamentalists.

The Economics Times report said that Sheikh Hasina has said these things in a message sent through her close aides. Economic Times has received this message of Hasina. Sheikh Hasina resigned from the post of PM on August 5 after fierce protests by students and left the country. She is currently living in a safe place in India.

What Hasina has written in the message

In the message, Hasina said, 'I resigned so that I do not have to see a procession of dead bodies. They wanted to come to power on the dead bodies of students, but I did not let this happen. I resigned from the post of Prime Minister.' She further said, 'I could have remained in power if I had given up the sovereignty of St. Martin Island and allowed America to establish its dominance over the Bay of Bengal. I request the people of my country, please do not get misled by the fundamentalists.'

Kugelman rejected the allegations

Michael Kugelman, director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center, rejected the allegations of Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, who claimed foreign interference behind the protests, saying that internal factors are responsible for the unrest in Bangladesh. The Hasina government's harsh action against the protesters increased the movement. He said that "My view is very simple. I see it as a crisis that was driven entirely by internal factors, students who were unhappy with a particular issue, job quotas that they didn't like and they were upset about the government. Sheikh Hasina's government came down very hard on the students and after that the movement became much bigger and it was driven solely by internal factors," Kugelman said.