NEW DELHI: After former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity over her crackdown on student-led protests that led to her ousting, her son Sajeeb Wazed on Thursday said that whatever is happening in the nation is “Jamaat’s revenge, ” adding that Jamaat-e-Islami never wanted Bangladesh to be independent from Pakistan.
He further said that Jamaat is now trying to come to power with Muhammad Yunus and turn Bangladesh into an extension of Pakistan.
Speaking to IANS, Sajeeb Wazed said, “Whatever is happening is not good for Bangladesh. Of course, this is political revenge. Yunus is backed by Jamaat-e-Islami, who killed 3 million of our people during the War of Independence. Our government finally held trials for those crimes. This is Jamaat’s revenge, and Jamaat never wanted Bangladesh to be independent from Pakistan. Now, Jamaat is trying to come to power with Yunus and make Bangladesh an extension of Pakistan.”
“Pakistan is influencing this government completely. This regime has been helped by Pakistan from the very beginning. Pakistan was involved in protests against my mother. As you have seen, this government is fostering very close ties with Pakistan and letting Pakistani organisations have a free hand in Bangladesh. Lashkar-e-Taiba commanders have been to Bangladesh, speaking publicly, and have taken credit for the recent bomb attack in New Delhi. So, Bangladesh under Yunus is acting as an extension of Pakistan and a terrorist haven, ” he said.