Sheikh Hasina resigned as Bangladesh’s prime minister and fled the country on Monday following weeks of deadly protests that began as demonstrations by students against government job quotas but surged into a movement demanding her resignation. Here are details of the protests that led to end of Hasina’s long reign as Bangladesh prime minister: Hasina, 76, left Dhaka on Monday in a military aircraft and landed at an airfield at Hindon near Delhi in the evening, two Indian government officials told Reuters. India’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday that Hasina apparently decided to resign after a meeting with the leaders of the security forces.
At a short notice she requested New Delhi for permission to come to India while Bangladesh authorities simultaneously sought flight clearance. According to the latest information, she is still in India. President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved parliament on Tuesday, paving the way for the formation of an interim government following Hasina’s resignation.
The president also freed Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, a former prime minister and Hasina’s arch rival, from house arrest. Student leaders who spearheaded the movement that led to Hasina’s overthrow said they want Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus to be chief adviser of the interim government. The Students Against Discrimination group, which was at the forefront of last month’s job quota protests, led the latest demonstrations.
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