Bangladesh is descending into a state of anarchy At least 93 people were killed in the latest violence on Sunday And protesters burned down offices of the ruling Awami League in districts and security forces took no action against the violent protesters. Sources told India Today that the Sheikh Hasina government is in danger.
The death toll in the day-long clashes Sunday focused on non-cooperation movement According to a report by Dhaka-based Prothom Alo, 93 people were killed, including 13 policemen. Policemen were beaten to death in Sirajganj.
Experts believe that if Prime Minister Hasina accepts the demand of the overwhelming majority of the public, a temporary military government will be established. The verdict of the public is against her Awami League government.
The ruling Awami League and its leaders are facing the brunt of the violent protests as common people have also joined in. Started as anti-reservation movement Six Awami League leaders and members were beaten to death in Narsingdi town on July 19, the Dhaka Tribune reported.
The united call of the people who took to the streets is that the Hasina government must go.
Dhaka-based sources told IndiaToday.in that an indefinite curfew has been imposed from 6 pm on Sunday. There is a partial shutdown and Internet jam.
According to the Dhaka-based Daily Star, officials of Bangladeshi mobile phone operators have said they have received instructions to shut down 4G services in the country.
“The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University was set on fire but neither the police nor any other security force reached the spot,” a Dhaka-based source told IndiaToday.in. “Awami League offices were set on fire in most districts. An MP’s residence was attacked by a mob of a thousand and he had to hide in a water tank,” he added.
The person said the army was not firing at the protesters because their family members had also joined the protests.
The Bangladesh Army in a statement did not explicitly say whether they support the protesters or not, but said they stand with the people. Army chief Waqar-uz-Zaman told officers that “Bangladeshi army is a symbol of public trust“And” it has always stood with the people and will continue to do so in the interest of the people and the state”.
At the same time, some former military officers have joined the student movement, and former army chief General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan turned his Facebook profile picture red to show support.
“Sheikh Hasina might have done the same thing” The mistake that Yahya Khan made on 26 March 1971, “By firing indiscriminately at the people of Dhaka, we are destroying this country. Hasina repeated the same history again in mid-July and the result seems to be in the same direction,” says Shafqat Rabbi, a Bangladeshi-American political analyst and faculty member at the University of Dallas. He is in touch with several sources in Bangladesh.
“Police across the country are exhausted after chasing teenagers for nearly a month in 40-degree Celsius heat. There are areas where police action has become much more relaxed,” Rabbi says.
“Some members of the Bangladesh Chhatra League [the students’ wing of the Awami League] He said, “People who have joined the police force are doing aggressive policing and in collusion with Chhatra League people, they are intimidating and killing about 40 students.”
He said nearly 10 million people have taken to the streets of Bangladesh to protest.
The Bangladesh government officially put the death toll in the movement at around 250, while unofficial sources put the number at between 1,000 and 1,400.
At least five garment, textile and plastic factories were set on fire on Sunday amid fierce street fighting.
Dhaka-based sources predict that Hasina will most likely go, and will be replaced by a military transitional government. “Whether Hasina will stay in Bangladesh or not depends on how the transition happens,” they said.
She is trying to save the situation by pleading with everybody, but People are angry at him and his party. “Those who are leading the protesters now are not students but terrorists,” Hasina said on Sunday.
Sheikh Hasina has been in power since 2009 and Fairness of recent electionsThe bill, which was boycotted by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has been questioned.
“The only way for Hasina to survive from this point forward would be through massive repression,” says Shafqat Rabbi.
“The military in Bangladesh is already out on the streets with machine guns to face nearly 10 million protesters, so it’s easy to imagine what kind of extraordinary repression will be needed to suppress the students this time around. It may win the offensive again, but the chances don’t look very good at the moment,” Rabbi says.
Dhaka-based sources said there is bitterness towards India because it Hasina has been seen supporting the government.
Experts and sources consider the protests, which have been involving common people since July 19, as unprecedented and believe it is the closest thing to toppling the Hasina government.
Students in Bangladesh have been protesting for more than a month since mid-July, demanding the abolition of the quota system for government jobs. As the protests intensified, Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on July 21 reduced the quota to 5 percent, with 3 percent dedicated to relatives of veterans. However, the protests continued, with demonstrators demanding accountability for the government’s alleged excessive use of force to quell the unrest.
The movement has turned violent at times and so far at least 250 people (official figures) have been killed across the country, with Dhaka as the epicentre.