Protestors chanted ‘Go Back’ slogans against Muhammad Yunus, who is allegedly leading Bangladesh’s interim government, outside a hotel in New York where he is staying for attending the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session. Protestors raised slogans against the Yunus, the Chief advisor of the Bangladesh’s interim government over the alleged attacks on minorities in Bangladesh.
#WATCH | New York, US: Bangladeshi nationals gather outside the hotel where Head of Bangladesh's interim government, Mohammad Yunus has arrived and chant slogans against him over attacks on minorities in their country. pic.twitter.com/GPSoQPg8Dv
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Sloganeers chanted, ‘Go back, Step down, Step down, Step down’ and held up posters which said ‘Sheikh Hasina Our Prime Minister’. Yunus was sworn-in on August 8 as the head of an interim government after Sheikh Hasina fled the country and the parliament was dissolved. The protestors alleged that the 84-year-old Nobel Laureate came to power with dirty politics.
Sheikh Jamal Hussain said, ‘Muhammad Yunus took the power unconstitutionally, illegally. He captured power with dirty politics and a lot of people have been killed. So far, our elected PM Sheikh Hasina has not resigned. We request UN humbly that he did not represent Bangladeshi people here’.
Another protestor DM Ronald said, ‘Our demand is peace. We believe in secular democracy. After he took by force, he started killing Hindus, Muslims and Christians, they’re burning, the burning all houses, the burning masjid, the burning Gijar Church. Our people is not safe in Bangladesh’.
Another protestor, Dr Rahman said, ‘I am here to protest the illegal, unelected person representing 117 million people of Bangladesh. He is not elected, he has been appointed by students. He doesn’t care about minorities or anybody. He has illegally occupied the country’.
Younus has a series of high-profile meetings lined up on the sidelines of the UNGA including a meeting with US President Joe Biden on Tuesday. On September 27, the Bangladesh chief advisor is set to address the General Debate of the UNGA.
However, on September 23, Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Advisor Md. Touhid Hossain met with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and discussed a range of issues related to mutual interests between Bangladesh and India.
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