Last Updated on 06/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned amid weeks of violent protests. After resigning, she also left Bangladesh. Army Chief Waqar-uz-Zaman said that an interim government will now be formed.
Students were on the streets for several weeks to remove Sheikh Hasina from office. On Sunday, there was massive violence in Bangladesh. Hundreds of people died in this violence. On Monday, the protesters had also planned a long march to Dhaka.
The situation was such that the army was deployed across the country to stop the protesters. But it is being said that the army did not even stop these protesters. Earlier the Army Chief had said that the army always stands with the people.
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Sheikh Hasina was elected Prime Minister for the fifth time in January. In the general elections, her party Awami League won 224 out of 300 seats. However, these elections are considered controversial and the opposition also boycotted it. However, the way Sheikh Hasina has had to resign in less than seven months has brought back memories of Khaleda Zia’s resignation 28 years ago.
History repeated itself!
The story of the resignation of both Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina is almost the same. Then it was Sheikh Hasina against Khaleda Zia and now it is Khaleda Zia’s party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) against Sheikh Hasina.
Sheikh Hasina had recently compared BNP to a terrorist organisation. She had alleged that BNP was instigating students.
Khaleda Zia was accused of rigging the 1996 elections. Elections were held on 15 February that year. The opposition boycotted it. Khaleda Zia took oath as the Prime Minister on 19 February. To remove her from the post, the opposition led by Sheikh Hasina started a non-cooperation movement. Later on 31 March, Khaleda Zia had to resign.
After Khaleda Zia’s resignation, the President dissolved the Parliament. After this, he appointed former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Muhammad Habibur Rahman as the interim Prime Minister.
Now let’s return to 2024. General elections were held in Bangladesh in January this year. 15 opposition parties including BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami boycotted this election. Only 40 percent voting took place in this election. Sheikh Hasina’s party Awami League won 224 out of 300 seats in Parliament. The opposition had accused the elections of rigging. Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia. (File photo- India Today)
Government employees went on strike
In the 1996 elections, Khaleda Zia’s BNP won 278 out of 300 seats. While announcing her resignation, Khaleda Zia accused the opposition of ruining the economy.
However, when Khaleda Zia returned to power and a movement was going on under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina across the country, government employees also joined it. Government employees went on strike. Khaleda Zia’s photos were also removed from many offices.
On the day Khaleda Zia resigned, Sheikh Hasina’s party had asked its workers to surround the President’s House. The Awami League said that the President’s House should be surrounded until a neutral interim government is formed.
There was an alert in the whole of Bangladesh that day. The army was deployed outside the houses of Khaleda Zia and 27 ministers of her government. Protesters outside the Prime Minister’s residence in Bangladesh. (Photo-PTI)
What has happened so far in Bangladesh?
Even after winning the elections in January this year, the atmosphere was against Sheikh Hasina. After this, the situation changed further after the High Court’s decision on the quota system. Actually, freedom fighters and their children get 30 percent reservation in government jobs in Bangladesh. In 2018, the Hasina government abolished it, but in June this year, the High Court reinstated this reservation.
After this, the students took to the streets and demanded reforms in the quota system. It was alleged that Sheikh Hasina would benefit her close ones through the quota system. During this demonstration of the students, violent clashes took place at various places, which made it more violent.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court reduced the reservation for freedom fighters and their children to 5% in the quota system. This calmed the atmosphere a bit, but then the students came out on the streets demanding an apology from Sheikh Hasina. On August 4, more than 100 people died in this protest. After this, on August 5, the protesters announced a long march to Dhaka.
The army was deployed across the country to stop the protesters. However, the army did not stop these protesters. Meanwhile, Sheikh Hasina left Bangladesh at 2:30 pm. Currently, Sheikh Hasina is in India.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)