(RPT of story published August 6, 20247:39 PM GMT+8)
By Sudipto Ganguly
(Reuters) -Sheikh Hasina resigned as Bangladesh’s prime minister and fled the country on Monday following weeks of dedly protests that began as demonstrations by students against government job quotas but surged into a movement demanding her resignation.
Here are details of the protests that led to end of Hasina’s long reign as Bangladesh prime minister:
HASINA RESIGNS AND FLIES TO INDIA
Hasina, 76, left Dhaka on Monday in a military aircraft and landed at an airfield at Hindon near Delhi in the evening, two Indian government officials told Reuters.
India’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that Hasina apparently decided to resign after a meeting with the leaders of the security forces. At a short notice she requested New Delhi for permission to come to India while Bangladesh authorities simultaneously sought flight clearance.
According to the latest information, she is still in India.
BANGLADESH PRESIDENT DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT
President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved parliament on Tuesday, paving the way for the formation of an interim government following Hasina’s resignation. The president also freed Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, a former prime minister and Hasina’s arch rival, from house arrest.
Student leaders who spearheaded the movement that led to Hasina’s overthrow said they want Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus to be chief adviser of the interim government.
CALLS FOR HASINA TO STEP DOWN
The Students Against Discrimination group, which was at the forefront of last month’s job quota protests, led the latest demonstrations.
The protests to reform the quota system paused after the Supreme Court scrapped most of them on July 21. Protesters, however, returned last week demanding a public apology from Hasina for the violence, restoration of internet connections, reopening of college and university campuses and release of those arrested.
By the weekend, the demonstrations spiralled into a campaign seeking Hasina’s overthrow as demonstrators demanded justice for people killed last month.
The students’ group called for a nationwide non-cooperation movement starting Sunday with a single-point agenda – Hasina must resign.
WHY DID PROTESTERS WANT HASINA’S RESIGNATION?
The protesters blame Hasina’s government for the violence during the protests in July. Hasina’s critics and rights groups have accused her government of using excessive force against…
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