A student movement organiser said they will not accept an army-supported or army-led government.
DHAKA – Bangladesh’s army chief will meet student protest leaders on Aug 6 as the country awaits the formation of a new government a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled following a violent uprising against her.
“Any government other than the one we recommended would not be accepted,” Mr Nahid Islam, one of the key organisers of the student movement, said in a video on Facebook with three other organisers. “We wouldn’t accept any army-supported or army-led government.” He is undergoing minor medical procedures in Paris, his press secretary Sabbir Osmani said, but did not immediately comment on the statements from the student leaders.
“India is our best friend... People are angry at India because you are supporting the person who destroyed our lives,” Yunus said. “Appreciate the unanimous support and understanding that was extended,” he said on X, without elaborating.plans to meet the protest organisers at noon local time on Aug 6, the army said in a statement, a day after General Zaman announced Ms Hasina’s resignation in a televised address and said an interim government would be formed.
Gen Zaman said he had held talks with leaders of major political parties – excluding Ms Hasina’s long-ruling Awami League – to discuss the way forward and was due to hold talks with President Mohammed Shahabuddin.
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