Sangram Online: Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left the country on August 5 after resigning in the popular uprising of students. Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajib Wazed Joy said whether she will contest the election in such a situation.
Last Thursday (October 3) Sajib Wazed Joy gave an interview to the influential American periodical Times Magazine. There he talks about it.
Regarding Sheikh Hasina’s participation in the election, Joy said that no decision has been taken yet about her contesting the election.
Referring to the family WhatsApp group discussion regarding the quota movement, he said, “We were shocked to see the quota movement.” Even I said, 30 percent quota is too much. This should bring us down to five percent. Then someone said that we are also the grandchildren of freedom fighters. Then I jokingly replied, that’s why I left 5 percent!
Joy said that her mother is very upset and disappointed with the situation in the country. Because all his hard work in the last 15 years is going to fail.
Stating that he has not taken any decision about his participation in the elections, he said, “I never had any political ambitions.” But who knows the current situation? I haven’t decided yet.
Earlier, in an interview with the American media NPR about the election. Yunus was asked if the army said the interim government would last for 18 months. On the other hand, the opposition parties have been demanding elections in November. Whether 18 months is sufficient for you in such a situation.
In response to such questions, he said, people are throwing these numbers away. People are ready to pay as many months or years as needed. Some say it should be done quickly, because if you drag on and on, you’ll be unpopular and everything will go haywire.
Others say, no, you have to finish reforms. So you stay this long. Because we don’t want to go to Bangladesh 2.0 without fixing everything. So there is a debate about this.
This is what version 2 means, he said. We don’t want to go back to the old style. Then what is the meaning of giving so much life. It doesn’t make any sense. Because what we have done, we have destroyed everything. So we have to start a new construction.
Earlier in an interview given by Japan’s state television NHK. Yunus said that elections will be organized as soon as possible after the necessary reforms. He said that the main goal of the interim government is to organize reforms and hold national elections as soon as possible. They have no intention of staying in power for long.