{"id":6600,"date":"2026-02-24T03:33:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=6600"},"modified":"2026-02-24T03:33:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:33:35","slug":"sheikh-hasina-worried-about-bangladeshs-future-under-bnp-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=6600","title":{"rendered":"Sheikh Hasina worried about Bangladesh\u2019s future under BNP rule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Exiled former Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has condemned the recent election, excluding her party, as illegitimate and warned of national decline under the current leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who have come to power through this election were previously associated with militancy, grenade attacks, bombings, and repeated corruption scandals in 2001-06, she said while speaking at a virtual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7Fkct3fUw1c&amp;pp=0gcJCaIKAYcqIYzv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">meeting <\/a>recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her comments came amid US-China tension over Dhaka&#8217;s controversial trade deal with Washington, struck by the Yunus-led regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u09b6\u09c0\u0998\u09cd\u09b0\u0987 \u09a6\u09bf\u09a8 \u09ab\u09bf\u09b0\u09ac\u09c7, \u09a8\u09a4\u09c1\u09a8 \u09b8\u09c2\u09b0\u09cd\u09af \u0989\u09a6\u09bf\u09a4 \u09b9\u09ac\u09c7 | Sheikh Hasina | 12 February Election\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Fkct3fUw1c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheikh Hasina said that the election was marred by blatant vote-rigging. \u201cBallot boxes were stuffed with pre-stamped ballots from the evening before polling day. This was an illegitimate election held under an illegally installed regime. I do not know what these people can give to the country when a huge section of the population has been deprived of their voting rights, constitutional rights, and state rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She questioned how a nation could progress when more than 50% of its voters were effectively disenfranchised. \u201cAn election that excludes the Awami League and deprives over half the electorate can never be legitimate,\u201d she asserted. \u201cAn election under an illegitimate government remains illegitimate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheikh Hasina reiterated that Dr. Muhammad Yunus seized power through a \u201cmeticulously designed\u201d plan. She lamented that the country, which had turned into an economically prosperous and peaceful nation in 15 years, was reduced to ruins in just one year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=6518\">Sheikh Hasina warns against conspiracy to erase Bengali national identity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=6346\">Sheikh Hasina vows prosecution of Yunus, Election Commission over sham polls<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=6342\">Sajeeb Wazed: Awami League will always be a factor, let the honeymoon period end<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBangladesh, once on the path to becoming a development role model, is now begging for mercy from others,\u201d she said. \u201cAll our economic achievements, businesses, and trades have been completely destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defending her party\u2019s record, Sheikh Hasina asked rhetorically: \u201cWhat is the crime of the Awami League? We brought independence, eradicated poverty, established people\u2019s rights, and ensured peace and security. Was that our crime?\u201d She also highlighted her government\u2019s foreign policy of \u201cfriendship to all, malice to none.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, she said that her government had effective relations with all the superpowers, including the US, Japan, Russia, China and India, even though there are conflicts among those countries. Moreover, before the July riots, she said that the US wanted her permission to exert authority in the Bay of Bengal, keeping a base at Saint Martin&#8217;s Island, pushed for signing defense deals and an unsolicited allocation of deep-sea blocks, and wanted to worsen relations with its rivals, Russia and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the virtual event, Sheikh Hasina expressed unwavering confidence in the Bangladeshi people. \u201cEven after so much slander, propaganda, and persecution, surveys and elections consistently show that around 53% of voters support the Awami League,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=6323\">Sheikh Hasina: Voting started in a festive mode the night before elections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=6270\">Sajeeb Wazed: Yunus administration is propped up by Jamaat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe people want the Awami League because they know only the Awami League can change their fate, improve their quality of life, provide security, and deliver economic prosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She highlighted ongoing repression, stating that countless Awami League leaders, workers, students, teachers, lawyers, journalists, and intellectuals had faced torture, murder, and destruction of homes and businesses. \u201cNo one has been spared,\u201d she said. \u201cWe never wanted Bangladesh to reach this state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, Sheikh Hasina struck an optimistic note: \u201cThis darkness will pass. The people of Bangladesh will rise again with pride. The blood of martyrs is never in vain. Insha\u2019Allah, we will once again build the golden Bengal dreamed of by the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She concluded by extending Ramadan greetings to the nation, paying tribute to the Language Movement martyrs, and reaffirming her belief in a peaceful, developed, and globally respected Bangladesh. \u201cBangladesh will become a role model of development,\u201d she declared. \u201cThe day will return. Joy Bangla. Joy Bangabandhu.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exiled former Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has condemned the recent election, excluding her party, as illegitimate and warned of national decline under the current leadership. 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