Expelled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen, reacting to the crisis unfolding in Bangladesh, pointed out that Sheikh Hasina is responsible for the predicament she is in.
Taslima Nasreen was exiled from Bangladesh in the 1990s following protests over her book 'Lajja'.
A spate of protests over job quota in Bangladesh forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to quit the post and flee. The protests have resulted in the deaths of nearly 400 people.
Taslima Nasreen finds the problems faced by Hasina ironic as she pointed out that it was the prime minister who allowed Islamists to grow in the country.
"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," she wrote in a X post.
The writer said she does not want Bangladesh to become like Pakistan and added that the army should not rule the country.
"Political parties should bring democracy & secularism," she added.
She claimed that Hasina threw her out of the country to please Islamists.
"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."
A few days ago, Nasreen had compared Hasina to Frankenstein, saying she created "monsters" by "allowing Islamic preachers to brainwash young people."
Hasina is like Frankenstein. She created monsters by sponsoring a huge number of mosques & madrasas, allowing misogynist Islamic preachers to brainwash young people & making Islamic school degrees equivalent to secular university degrees. Now those monsters want her to go.
— taslima nasreen (@taslimanasreen) August 3, 2024
Taslima Nasreen has been living in exile since 1994 after she faced backlash from fundamentalists over her writings on the issues of communalism and women's equality in Bangladesh.
Her books, 'Lajja' and 'Amar Meyebela' were banned in Bangladesh.
