Dhaka:
Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus mentioned on Sunday that the interim authorities will search the extradition of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India after the autumn of her authorities following a mass protest motion in August.
In an deal with to the nation on the completion of 100 days of the interim authorities, Yunus additionally mentioned that his authorities has been persevering with its all-out efforts to make sure the safety of all residents, together with spiritual minorities.
“We should guarantee justice in each killing…We can even ask India to ship again fallen autocrat Sheikh Hasina,” Yunus was quoted as saying by the state-run BSS information company.
His remarks point out a U-turn as in an interview with the UK-based Monetary Occasions newspaper final month, Yunus mentioned his authorities wouldn’t instantly search Hasina’s extradition from India.
Yunus, who assumed workplace on August 8, claimed that about 1500 folks, together with college students and staff, had been killed whereas 19,931 others had been wounded in the course of the protest towards the Hasina authorities.
“Our authorities could be very cautious to gather data on each dying,” he mentioned, including that the federal government made preparations for therapy of the injured in numerous specialised hospitals, together with 13 hospitals in Dhaka.
Hasina, 77, resigned and fled to India following large protests by college students and others towards her authorities over a controversial quota system in authorities jobs.
She landed on the Hindon airbase close to Delhi on August 5. She was believed to have been shifted later to an unspecified location and has not been seen in public since then.
Hasina and her occasion leaders face accusations of ordering brutal suppression of the Anti-Discrimination College students Motion, leading to quite a few casualties in the course of the July-August protests.
Yunus mentioned his authorities is investigating each incident in just a few circumstances the place spiritual minorities had been subjected to violence.
“Now we have tried our greatest in order that any citizen of the nation, not solely Hindu neighborhood members, would not turn into a sufferer of violence. We are going to proceed these efforts,” he mentioned in his deal with to the nation.
He mentioned Bangladesh was a very insecure nation when the interim authorities assumed workplace.
Yunus mentioned an try was made to unfold pointless concern among the many spiritual minorities.
“In some circumstances, they’ve additionally been subjected to violence. However all of the hype about it was fully exaggerated. These little circumstances of violence that passed off had been primarily political,” he mentioned.
However unwell efforts had been made to make the nation unstable once more by giving spiritual color to those occasions, he mentioned, including that the federal government handled the state of affairs firmly with the cooperation of all.
He mentioned that after two months of assumption of workplace by his authorities, Durga Puja was celebrated in round 32,000 puja mandaps throughout the nation.
He mentioned the federal government took in depth safety preparations in the course of the Durga Puja in order that the Hindu neighborhood members have fun the competition easily.
Hindus represent nearly 8 per cent of the 170 million Bangladesh inhabitants. The minority Hindu neighborhood members have confronted common vandalism of their companies and destruction of temples throughout and because the protest erupted, ensuing within the ouster of Prime Minister Hasina.
Yunus additionally mentioned that the Election Fee (EC) can be shaped quickly whereas an election roadmap can be introduced after competing reforms within the electoral system.
“As soon as the electoral reforms are determined, you’ll get the election roadmap very quickly,” he mentioned.
Noting that there’s a query in everybody’s thoughts about when the elections can be held, Yunus mentioned the federal government has began taking essential steps to carry the elections.
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