Washington, 13 August 2024 (TDI): The United States had no role in toppling Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government, who recently resigned and fled the South Asian country, the White House said on Monday, terming allegations of US interference “simply false.”
The United States had no involvement at all. Any rumors or reports that the US government was involved in these events is simply false, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said at a media briefing when asked about reported claims of American involvement.
A report in an Indian newspaper on Sunday had cited Hasina as accusing Washington of playing a role in ousting her because it wanted control over Bangladesh’s Saint Martin Island in the Bay of Bengal. The newspaper said the former prime minister had conveyed that message to it through her close associates.
Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed said in a post on X that she never made any such statement.
The White House said that we believe that the Bangladeshi citizens should determine the future of their government.
A caretaker government in Bangladesh, under the stewardship of Nobel Peace laureate and notable banker Muhammad Yunus, was sworn in on Thursday with the aim of holding vote in the country.
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Bangladesh was engulfed by protests and violence after student demonstrations in July against quotas that reserved a high portion of government jobs for certain groups escalated into a campaign to oust Sheikh Hasina.
She had won a fourth straight term in January in a vote that the opposition boycotted and which the US State Department said was not free and fair.
Hasina fled to New Delhi, India after leaving Bangladesh, ending her uninterrupted rule of fifteen years.
