Explosive claims rock Dhaka; Ex-Minister points finger at US Aid giant, Clintons in Hasina’s downfall
New Delhi, Nov 9 – A former Bangla‑shipping minister, Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury, now living in India, claims the 2024 Bangladesh uprising that ousted long‑time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was a Western plot.
He points fingers at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Clinton family, saying they funded student protests that toppled Hasina’s 15‑year rule.
In a video that has spread across South Asian networks, Chowdhury says the U.S. NGOs sent millions of dollars to “clandestine” channels to spark unrest. He names the International Republican Institute and USAID as key players.
Chowdhury also connects the Clinton Foundation to Bangladesh’s new interim leader, Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Prize‑winning microfinance pioneer. He argues that Yunus and the Clintons want to replace Hasina under the guise of democracy and development.
Hasina, who fled Dhaka on August 5 after protests turned violent, now awaits in New Delhi under Indian protection. She has repeatedly called Yunus a traitor who “sold the nation to the U.S.”
The July‑August protests erupted over job quotas and left at least 700 people dead. The violence also targeted the Hindu minority. Some analysts say Yunus’s administration may lean towards Pakistan, a former rival of Bangladesh that was accused of genocide in 1971.
U.S. officials near instantly dismissed Chowdhury’s allegations. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean‑Pierre and State Department deputy Vedant Patel called the story “laughable” and “simply false.” U.S. experts, including Michael Kugelman of the Wilson Centre, found no credible evidence of foreign meddling.
Critics of Chowdhury’s claims say they come from a former regime looking for justification. Yet the narrative taps into a broader sense of neo‑colonial suspicion in the Global South.
As Bangladesh’s interim government schedules early polls, foreign-fingerprinting allegations may threaten the country’s fragile calm. Meanwhile, Sheikh Hasina’s banned Awami League considers independent participation in future elections, vowing a comeback. The Clinton‑Yunus link remains an allegation, but in a country still recovering from 2024 turmoil, whispers can spark new conflict.
Source: ianslive
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