The United States has denied involvement in the removal of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled the country after resigning following violent riots.
“We had no role at all. “Any reports or rumours that the US government was involved in these events are simply false,” White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told a news briefing, according to Reuters.
As previously reported in the Economic Times, Hasina said earlier on Sunday that the United States was involved in her removal because of their desire to maintain control of Saint Martin Island, which is located in Bangladesh’s Bay of Bengal.
The report also noted that the former prime minister of Bangladesh sent the message through her close friends and acquaintances.
Sajeeb Wazed, Hasina’s son, said in a post on X on Sunday that his mother had never said anything like that.
“We think that the Bangladeshi people should decide the future of the Bangladeshi government and that’s where we currently stand,” Jean-Pierre stated.
An interim administration headed by Nobel Peace winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus was established after Hasina resigned from office with the objective of organizing elections in the nation.
Demonstrations and violence broke out throughout Bangladesh last month as a result of student protests over government employment quotas that gave preference to particular groups, which turned into a drive to remove Hasina from office.