BD is experiencing a ‘student-led revolution’: Yunus

DHAKA: Bangladesh was experiencing a “student-led revolution” after the ouster of premier Sheikh Hasina, the South Asian country´s new interim leader Muhammad Yunus said.

“This is a revolution, a student-led revolution,” the Nobel laureate told a news briefing. “There´s no doubt about (that) because the business of the whole government collapsed.” “I said, ´I respect you, I admire you. What you have done is absolutely unparalleled´,” he said.

“´Because you ordered me to do this, I take your order´,” Yunus said he told them. Several top allies of Hasina, whose iron-fisted tenure ended with her abrupt resignation and flight to neighbouring India a week ago, subsequently stepped down.

Among them were the former chief justice of the Supreme Court and the central bank governor. They had been issued ultimatums to quit their posts by students but Yunus said their resignations had been conducted legally.

“They want to have a new court,” he said of the students. “So they went there and asked the chief justice to resign and put their pressure to make him resign.” “I´m sure they will find the legal way to justify all of this, because legally... all the steps were followed,” he said.