The situation in Bangladesh has gone out of control after the protests by the people. Seeing the situation, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has resigned from her post and left the country. Now the army will run the interim government in Bangladesh. More than 100 people have died in the protests against the Sheikh Hasina government in the last two days. Let us know why such a situation has arisen in Bangladesh.
The recent High Court order in Bangladesh to restore the 30 percent job quota for the descendants of freedom fighters has created serious tension in the country. In this country with a population of 170 million, about 32 million youth are unemployed. Students have demanded the abolition of this quota for the families of freedom fighters and staged widespread protests against it.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina flatly rejected the students’ demand and, citing ongoing court proceedings, labelled the protesting students as ‘Razakars’, a term used to describe those who collaborated with the Pakistani army during the 1971 independence war. Her comments further incited protests, with thousands of students demonstrating at Dhaka University.
This tension led to deadly and widespread civil unrest across the country, killing more than 120 people. Bangladesh’s top court eventually rolled back the controversial quota system for job applicants, but did not abolish it entirely.
At the same time, Prime Minister Hasina termed the protests as terrorist activities and directed to suppress these elements strictly. According to Bangladeshi media, Sheikh Hasina also called a meeting of the National Committee on Security Affairs. In which Army, Navy, Air Force, Police, RAB, BGB and other top security officials participated. Seeing this attitude of the Bangladeshi government, anger flared up among the protesters, which resulted in the current situation in Bangladesh.
