Serious allegations are being made against the US regarding the situation in Bangladesh. It is being said that the US manipulated the coup of the Sheikh Hasina government because she refused to give the island of St. Martin. However, now the US has broken its silence on these allegations. White House Press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre has said that the US had no role in removing former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power.
The US President’s office ‘White House’ has denied the allegations of US interference in the internal affairs of Bangladesh. Due to violence in Bangladesh, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced to resign and leave the country. The ‘White House’ press secretary said in her daily press conference on Monday, “We have no involvement in this (political instability in Bangladesh). Any news or rumor about the US administration’s involvement in these incidents is completely false. This is not true.”
Jean Pierre was reacting to media reports that quoted Hasina as having claimed that she would have remained in power if she had given up sovereignty over the island of St. Martin and allowed the US to dominate the Bay of Bengal. Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed has denied that his mother made any such statement.
Wazed said in a post on the social media platform ‘X’, “The statement of my mother regarding her resignation published in a newspaper recently is completely false and fabricated. She has confirmed to me in a conversation that she did not make any statement before or after leaving Dhaka.” The ‘White House’ said that it is the right and privilege of the people of Bangladesh to decide their future.
Jean Pierre said, “This (choosing their leader) is an important decision of the Bangladeshi people, taken by them, for them. We believe that the people of Bangladesh should decide the future of their government. On any kind of allegations, we will continue to say that there is absolutely no truth in them.”