Archive · 5 Aug 2026
Sheikh Hasina calls 2024 Bangladesh uprising a planned regime change
Sheikh Hasina used to be the leader of Bangladesh, a country in South Asia.
In 2024, big protests happened in Bangladesh, and she had to leave.
Recently, she spoke to people for the first time since she left.
She said the protests were not just students asking for change.
She said they were a secret plan to remove her from power without an election.
She said she watched her country suffer and felt sad about it.
She remembered her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who helped start Bangladesh.
She said her government tried to talk and use the law to solve problems peacefully.
She still wants to return to Bangladesh someday, but her plan is not final yet.
Not everyone agrees with her version of what happened.
Sheikh Hasina gave her first public address since being ousted, rejecting the description of the July-August 2024 movement as a student-led protest.
She alleged the movement was a carefully planned operation to remove her government and install a new regime outside the democratic process.
Hasina cited Muhammad Yunus's own words, saying he described it as a "meticulously designed movement, led by a mastermind."
She said her government tried to resolve the protests through dialogue, legal process, and patience, and that Bangladesh has suffered over the past two years.
The address came despite objections from Bangladesh's government, and Hasina reiterated her intention to return to Bangladesh, with dates not yet finalised.
- Who
- Sheikh Hasina, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, in her first public address since being ousted.
- What
- She rejected the view that the July-August 2024 movement was a student protest, called it a planned regime change, and reiterated her intention to return to Bangladesh.
- When
- Exact date not specified in the article; it comes after the July-August 2024 movement that led to her ouster.
- Where
- Not explicitly stated in the article; India clarified the programme was organised by a private entity with no involvement from the Indian government.
- Why
- Hasina said the movement was organised to create a path to power outside the ballot box, with organised groups turning students' demands into a violent political instrument.
Critics and opponents of Hasina's account
Sheikh Hasina's account
Nature of the 2024 movement
Critics and opponents of Hasina's account
The July-August 2024 movement is widely accepted as a spontaneous, student-led protest.
Sheikh Hasina's account
Hasina claims it was a meticulously planned operation to remove her government and install a new regime outside the democratic process.
Holding of the address
Critics and opponents of Hasina's account
Bangladesh's government objected to the address being given.
Sheikh Hasina's account
The programme was organised by a private entity, and India clarified it had no involvement from the Indian government.
- Speaker
- Sheikh Hasina, deposed Prime Minister of Bangladesh
- Subject
- First public address since her ouster
- 2024 movement claim
- Not a student protest but a planned regime change
- Muhammad Yunus quote
- "Meticulously designed movement, led by a mastermind"
- Government approach during protests
- Dialogue, legal process, and patience
- Opposition
- Bangladesh's government objected to the address
- India's clarification
- Programme organised by a private entity; Indian government not involved
- Return to Bangladesh
- Intended; dates not yet finalised