BANGLADESH Nationalist Party’s Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday asked India to extradite deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to face trial as he accused her of plotting to thwart the country’s revolution. Hasina,76,resignedandfled to India on August 5 following massive protests by students and others against her Government over a controversial quota system in Government jobs. “It is our call to you that you should hand her over to the Government of Bangladesh in a legal way. The people of this country have given the decision for her trial. Let her face thattrial,” Fakhrul was quoted as saying by the ‘Daily Star’ newspaper. Talking to reporters after placing a wreath at the grave of former president and BNP founder Zia-ur Rahman in the city,FakhrulsaidIndiaisseemingly not keeping its commitment towards democracy by providing shelter to her. “Stayingthere, shehas started various plots to thwart the revolution that happened in Bangladesh,” he alleged.

 

The BNP secretary general said the people ofthis country do not consider her offences asminor.Hesaidtheythinkher “fascist rule has weakened Bangladesh’s Independence and hindered the country’s progress for the last 15 years”. BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, 79, was sentenced to 17 years inprisonfor graftin2018 under the rule of Hasina. Zia, currently undergoing treatmentforvariousailments, was released on an executive order from President Mohammed ShahabuddinafterthecollapseoftheHasinaledAwamiLeaguegovernment. YUNUS TO HEAD FOUNDATION TO BE SET UP FORVIOLENCE VICTIMS’ KIN: Bangladesh onTuesday decidedtosetupafoundationtotakecare of the families of thosekilled and injured in theunprecedented student-ledviolent protests that ultimatelyledtotheousteroftheSheikhHasina government.