Last Updated on 08/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
After the coup and then the political upheaval in Bangladesh, the outline of the interim government has now been decided. The new government will have 15 members and the swearing-in ceremony will be held in Dhaka on Thursday at 8.30 pm. This government will take charge under the leadership of Nobel Prize winner Mohammad Yunus. Another name that is being discussed is that of Bangladesh National Party (BNP) acting chief Tariq Rahman (56 years). It is believed that Tariq Rahman can become the new Prime Minister of Bangladesh. However, the picture regarding the government is not clear yet. Know about Tariq Rehman…
Tariq Rahman has been living in London for 16 years i.e. since 2008. He is the son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. Tariq will soon reach Bangladesh amid preparations for the interim government. BNP General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that the party’s acting president Tariq Rahman will return home very soon. He said, you all know that our leader Tariq Rahman has been unjustly deported abroad due to false cases. He has fully supported this movement (student movement) and we have taken steps to bring him back to the country immediately. Insha Allah, we will succeed.
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Tariq Rahman is currently the vice president of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). His mother Khaleda Zia is the president of the BNP. Tariq was born on 20 November 1967. He graduated from Dhaka University and later became active in politics. Tariq took part in various political and economic reforms during his mother’s government in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Tariq Rahman has been accused of several corruption charges. He was arrested in 2007 during a military-backed interim government, but later got bail for medical reasons and moved to London.
Tariq was the mastermind of the ‘India Out’ campaign
Tariq Rahman has long been known as the face of the opposition in Bangladesh. He is considered the mastermind of the ‘India Out’ campaign in Bangladesh earlier this year. When Khaleda Zia went to jail in 2018, Tariq Rahman took over the reins of the party and led the largest opposition party. In 2004, Tariq was accused of plotting a grenade attack. In this case, 6 years ago, the court convicted Tariq and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Tariq Rahman was accused of planning a deadly attack on the election campaign rally of then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Hasina was injured in this attack and at least 20 people were killed. He was not present when the court convicted Tariq. In this case, Rahman said that all the allegations were fabricated. He had alleged that Hasina had also rewarded the investigating police officer by giving him an election ticket.
When BNP’s month-long protest…
Tarique’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party led months of protests last year demanding the resignation of Prime Minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina, leaving at least 11 people dead and thousands of supporters arrested.
Tariq’s father was the President and his mother was the PM
Tariq’s family ruled the country for years. Tariq’s father Ziaur Rahman became the 8th President of Bangladesh and his tenure lasted from 1977 to 1981. Ziaur Rahman has also been the army chief. Ziaur Rahman’s wife Khaleda Zia was the Prime Minister twice. Her tenure was from 1991 to 1996 and from 2001 to 2006. In 2018, Zia was sent to jail on corruption charges. Later, when Zia’s health deteriorated, he was admitted to a hospital in Dhaka. Rahman took over the command of the party. He remained in touch with the workers and kept talking to them daily through video and phone conferences.
Khaleda’s tenure has been accused of political instability, corruption and discrimination against opposition parties. In 2018, Khaleda Zia was convicted in a corruption case and sentenced to jail. BNP has been demanding her release. At the same time, Ziaur Rahman was the President of Bangladesh and also the founder of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He was also known as a prominent leader of Bangladesh’s freedom struggle. He was assassinated in 1981.
Hasina and Zia became bitter rivals in politics
After Ziaur Rahman’s assassination in 1981, his wife Khaleda Zia worked closely with Hasina to restore democracy, but in the 1990s the two became bitter rivals as competition for political power grew. Shortly before Hasina came to power, Tariq Rahman left Bangladesh and settled in London.
Sheikh Hasina was in power for 15 years
Sheikh Hasina has been in power since 2009. She was the PM of Bangladesh for 15 consecutive years. Four days ago, there was a twist in the politics of Bangladesh and a violent mob attacked the PM House. Sheikh Hasina had to leave the country and has come to India and is staying in a safe house. Hasina has also resigned from the post. Bangladesh became independent in 1971. Since then, the power of the country has been in the hands of the families of Tariq Rahman and Sheikh Hasina. Bangladesh is the eighth most populous country in the world.
Interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus
On Thursday, an interim government will be sworn in under the leadership of Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus. Earlier, President Mohammad Shahabuddin had accepted Hasina Sheikh’s resignation and dissolved the Parliament. He has announced the formation of an interim government under the leadership of Mohammad Yunus. A movement for reservation has been going on in Bangladesh for weeks. On Monday, a march was taken out in Dhaka and violence broke out. The army took command, but could not control the crowd. Criminals intruded into the Prime Minister’s residence and even the Parliament and vandalized it. Security tensions have increased in the country since Sheikh Hasina stepped down from power on Monday. Amid reports of deadly attacks on security personnel, police also disappeared from police stations.
As of Tuesday, the bodies of at least 29 supporters of Hasina’s Awami League party had been recovered across the country, according to local media reports. The total death toll has risen to 469 in the nearly three weeks since protests first began in July.
A list of 15 names has been prepared for the interim government. After returning home on Thursday, discussions will be held with economist Mohammad Yunus (84 years). After that the list will be finalized. According to sources, the leaders of the student movement met BNP General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday and discussed the list. The student movement wing has also formed a liaison committee to discuss the list with various parties.
Earlier, the protesting student leaders had proposed to appoint Yunus as an advisor. Yunus was recognized as the pioneer of microfinance in the 1970s and this helped to bring the poorest people of the country out of poverty. Yunus received the Nobel Prize in 2006. In the year 2007, Yunus entered politics, but later he said goodbye to politics.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)