Dhaka: The BNP government in Bangladesh has expressed outrage and reacted sharply over former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s live interaction with the media in New Delhi on August 5, Wednesday. It accused her of launching a “venomous vitriol” against Bangladesh and its people.
In a press statement released on Wednesday(local time), Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “Bangladesh is outraged that the absconding convicted genocider Sheikh Hasina was allowed this evening to engage in live interaction with the media in New Delhi where she and her henchmen launched venomous vitriol against the State of Bangladesh and her people”.
“Dhaka deeply regrets that in spite of concerns conveyed a priori to the Government of India about the likely ramifications of this event on the reset of our bilateral relations, this public event was permitted to be held”, the statement added.
The Foreign Affairs Ministry said that on a day when the people of Bangladesh are observing the second anniversary of the July Revolution, this interaction by Sheikh Hasina “on the Indian soil stands as an affront to the sovereignty of Bangladesh” and a grievous insult to the “martyrs of the July Revolution”.
Bangladesh Government issues a strongly worded statement against Sheikh Hasina’s Press Conference in New Delhi.
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The press statement by the Bangladesh government alleged, “The denial of facts established by the United Nations, including gruesome killing of the innocent civilians including minor children during July-August 2024 by the fascist regime, stands as a futile attempt by the absconding convicted mass murderer Hasina and her criminal cohort to reverse the tide of history. The people of Bangladesh had already rejected such heinous attempts in the past and continue to do so now”.
Reaffirming the ideals of the July Revolution, the Ministry said that the Bangladeshi people have firmly resolved that the nation will never again go back to the dark days of fascism and that Bangladesh will never be a client State. Convicted mass murderer Hasina and her mafia enterprise will never have a place in the polity of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh aims for a mutually benificial relation with India
Speaking about Delhi-Dhaka relations, the statement from the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry said, “Bangladesh desires to maintain a constructive, mutually beneficial and forward-looking relationship with India based on sovereign equality, mutual respect, non-interference in each other’s internal affairs and national dignity”.
Regrettably, Bangladesh’s repeated requests to the Government of India for returning convicted criminal Hasina to Bangladesh under the Extradition Treaty signed between Bangladesh and India in 2013, has not yet elicited a response, the statement further added.
“On the contrary, allowing her the opportunity to openly interact with the media under any pretext is deeply hurtful to our people’s sentiment and detrimental to the development of harmonious bilateral relations between Bangladesh and India”, the press release said.
Cases of human rights violations in Bangladesh
Post the ouster of Sheikh Hasina from Bangladesh, various international organisations have raised serious concerns regarding violations of human rights in the country. Bangladesh has witnessed a wave of arbitrary detentions, extra judicial killings, mob lynching and particularly targeted violence on the minority communities. Hindus in Bangladesh have been publicly lynched, killed and the houses have been torched down by the radical/extremist Islamic elements.
Independent international human rights watchdogs raise serious concerns about human rights status in Bangladesh under the interim regime of Muhammad Yunus and under the current BNP government. Radical Islamist organisations such as Jamaat-e-Islami of Bangladesh have escalated systematic violence and targeted attacks on the minority Hindus and other indigenous communities. The radical outfit has vandalised sculptures, attacked people from minority communities, burnt houses and has threatened their existence in Bangladesh.
As per the reports, betwen January to October 2025, more than 165 people have been killed as an impact of mob lynching. There are 351 incidents of harrasment on journalists, reflecting deteriorating press freedom in the country. Meanwhile, mass arrests, political detentions and lack of accountability by the security forces continue to threaten the social fabric of Bangladesh with rising intolerance towards minorities.
Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina announced her decision to return to her homeland in December, asserting that she is prepared to face any consequences, including arrest, imprisonment or threats to her life. Addressing her first virtual press briefing from New Delhi since her departure from Bangladesh, the former Prime Minister emphasised that she could not remain abroad while her supporters and countrymen continued to face hardship. She said, “Whatever fate awaits me, I will return to my people. I cannot stay away while my beloved countrymen are suffering. I want to go back in December”.
(With Inputs from ANI)
