Sheikh Hasina‘s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy on Monday said that his mother will not be returning to politics. Joy’s comments came after Hasina’s arrival in India after following resigned and fled her country, ending her 15-year tenure as Prime Minister. He said that Hasina was ‘disappointed’ that after all her work, a minority rose up against her.
“So disappointed that after all her hard work, for a minority to rise up against her,” he told BBC.
Joy also defended his mother’s tenure as the PM saying that she took over the country when it was a failing state and turned it around.
“She has turned Bangladesh around. When she took over power it was considered a failing state. It was a poor country. Until today it was considered one of the rising tigers of Asia. She’s very disappointed,” he told BBC.
Joy, who served as an official adviser to the prime minister until today, said that his mother had been contemplating resignation since yesterday. Following the insistence of her family, she departed the country for her own protection.
In response to allegations of the government’s heavy-handed approach towards protestors, Joy counters, “You’ve had policemen beaten to death – 13 just yesterday. So what do you expect the police to do when mobs are beating people to death?” He maintains that the police acted in response to the violence perpetrated by the mobs, which resulted in the deaths of several officers.
Hasina was elected for a fifth term in January of this year, but her tenure has been marred by calls for her resignation and widespread protests. The recent protests, which erupted in July over job quota reservations, resulted in the deaths of over a hundred people. In response, curfews were imposed, and internet access was shut down in parts of the country.
“So disappointed that after all her hard work, for a minority to rise up against her,” he told BBC.
Joy also defended his mother’s tenure as the PM saying that she took over the country when it was a failing state and turned it around.
“She has turned Bangladesh around. When she took over power it was considered a failing state. It was a poor country. Until today it was considered one of the rising tigers of Asia. She’s very disappointed,” he told BBC.
Joy, who served as an official adviser to the prime minister until today, said that his mother had been contemplating resignation since yesterday. Following the insistence of her family, she departed the country for her own protection.
In response to allegations of the government’s heavy-handed approach towards protestors, Joy counters, “You’ve had policemen beaten to death – 13 just yesterday. So what do you expect the police to do when mobs are beating people to death?” He maintains that the police acted in response to the violence perpetrated by the mobs, which resulted in the deaths of several officers.
Hasina was elected for a fifth term in January of this year, but her tenure has been marred by calls for her resignation and widespread protests. The recent protests, which erupted in July over job quota reservations, resulted in the deaths of over a hundred people. In response, curfews were imposed, and internet access was shut down in parts of the country.