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A careful look at the political state of affairs in Bangladesh will substantiate an argument that the Sheikh Hasina regime is a continuation of the military-backed interim government that had ruled the country for about two years, before her party came to power. Sheikh Hasina and many of her party people were jailed and tortured during those two years, and she claimed that there had been an attempt on her life through mixing poison with her food. Her statement in this regard can be interpreted in two ways: 1. She made the statement to gain public sympathy, which explains why she is not taking any action against those who wanted to kill her 2. Her statement is true, but she is unable to take any action, as she is not in command of the affairs of Bangladesh.
I find it morally more comfortable to believe the second interpretation. Sheikh Hasina receives dictation about how to run the country and about who to punish; and according to that dictation, the misdeeds of the military-backed interim regime are forgiven. The primary target is those people who constitute the biggest obstacle to the realization of a political and economic hegemony of a regional power. It is that neighboring country of ours that wants to exploit Bangladesh in every way possible, which the BNP and the Jamaat refuse to tolerate.
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