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Bangladesh Protest LIVE Updates: Hello and welcome to ABP News Live Blog. Please follow the space and keep refreshing the page for all the latest updates pertaining to the ongoing crisis in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned on Monday and left the country. The massive protests has led to more than 300 deaths in the country in the last two days.
Sheikh Hasina has left on a helicopter for New Delhi through Agartala, sources told ABP Live. However, the Ministry of External Affairs or local officials in Agartala refused to confirm the report. Tripura Home Secretary P.K. Chakravarty told PTI we have no such information. The private Jamuna television news channel reported that Hasina was forced to quit as prime minister after massive protests against her government over a controversial quota system that reserved 30 per cent of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh's War of Independence in 1971.
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and left the country, as announced by Army Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman in a televised address on Monday. The 76-year-old leader departed with her sister in a military helicopter and is reportedly headed to India. An interim government will be formed shortly, General Zaman confirmed.
The resignation comes in the wake of intense and widespread protests led by the 'Students Against Discrimination' group. These protests initially called for the scrapping of a controversial quota system in government jobs and escalated into a demand for Hasina's resignation. Last month, student groups halted their demonstrations after the Supreme Court scrapped most quotas on July 21. However, they resumed protests last week, demanding a public apology from Hasina for the violence, the restoration of internet services, the reopening of educational institutions, and the release of those arrested.
Television visuals showed thousands of people pouring into the streets of Dhaka in jubilation, chanting slogans and celebrating the news. Crowds stormed Hasina's official residence, 'Ganabhaban,' with many seen carrying away televisions, chairs, and tables from the highly protected building. Protesters even climbed atop a statue of independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Hasina's father, and began chiselling away at its head with an axe.
The student activists had called for a march to the capital on Monday, defying a nationwide curfew, following deadly clashes across the country that left nearly 100 people dead the previous day. These events add to the violence from last month, which saw approximately 150 people killed in protests.
The political turmoil in Bangladesh began with demands to reform the job quota system, which many claimed favoured loyalists of Hasina's ruling Awami League. Despite winning a fourth straight term in January in an election boycotted by the opposition, Hasina faced mounting criticism and accusations of using excessive force against protesters.
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VIDEO | “It’s up to the responsible government of Bangladesh to assume its responsibilities and ensure its minorities are safe. They are their own people. We can only advise and put diplomatic pressure but beyond that, we cannot do much,” says Kanwal Sibal, former foreign… pic.twitter.com/3AdfolShII
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 6, 2024
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