New Delhi: Exiled Bangladeshi Author Taslima Nasreen found irony in Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Flee from the country amid anarchy-like situation in Bangladesh on Monday.
The same Islamists who threw her out of Bangladesh have forced Sheikh Hasina to flee, says author Taslima Nasreen, exiled from the country in the 1990s following protests over her book ‘Lajja’.
Nasreen said Hasina had thrown her out of Bangladesh to please Islamists when she came to Bangladesh to see her Bedridden mother in 1999, and these are the same Islamists who were part of the student movement that forced Hasina to leave the country.
Finding Hasina’s situation ironic, Nasreen said in a post on X, ‘Hasina in order to please Islamists threw me out of my country in 1999 after I entered Bangladesh to see my mother in her deathbed and never allowed me to enter the country again. The same Islamists have been in the student movement who forced Hasina to leave the country today.’
Bangladesh’s Embattled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on Monday after month-long students protest over reservations in government jobs leading to a situation of anarchy and unrest. Hasina landed at Hindon Airbase on the outskirts of Delhi and may seek asylum in the United Kingdom.
Nasreen has been living in exile since 1994 after she faced criticism from Islamist fundamentalists for her writings on communalism and women’s equality in Bangladesh.
Some of her books, including her breakthrough novel ‘Lajja’ (1993) and her autobiography ‘Amar Meyebela’ (1998), were banned by the Bangladesh government for their subject matter.
‘Lajja’ attracted severe criticism as it detailed violence, rape, lootings and killings of Bengali Hindus after the Babri Masjid demolition in India.
‘Hasina had to resign and leave the country. She was responsible for her situation. She made Islamists to grow. She allowed her people to involve in corruption. Now Bangladesh must not become like Pakistan. Army must not rule. Political parties should bring democracy & secularism,’ the feminist author said in another post on Monday.
with inputs from agency.
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