Dhaka: Famous Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen on Monday mocked Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after she resigned from her post and left Bangladesh. In a post on X (formerly Twi

Dhaka: Famous Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen on Monday mocked Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after she resigned from her post and left Bangladesh. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Nasreen accused Hasina of appeasing 'Islamists', however, 'Islamists are among the student protests that forced Bangladesh's former prime minister to leave the country today.

“After I entered Bangladesh to see my mother on her deathbed, Hasina kicked me out of my country to appease the Islamists and never allowed me to come back. It is the Islamist student movement that forced Hasina to leave the country today,” said Taslima Nasreen.

Hasina kicked me out of my country in 1999 to appease the Islamists after I entered Bangladesh to see my mother on her deathbed and never allowed me to enter the country again. It is in the Islamist student movement that forced Hasina to leave the country today.

— Taslima Nasreen (@Taslimanasreen) 5 August 2024

Criticizing Hasina over the situation, Nasreen said the military should not rule and political parties should work to establish democracy and secularism.” Hasina had to resign and leave the country. She was responsible for her situation. She allowed Islamists to gain influence and allowed corruption to grow among her people. It is important for Bangladesh to avoid going down Pakistan's path. The military should not rule and political parties should work to establish democracy and secularism,” the post further reads.

Hasina's exit came after hundreds of people were killed in a crackdown on protests that began against job quotas, and protests for her ouster grew. In 1994, Nasreen left Bangladesh after receiving death threats from radical organizations for her alleged anti-Islamic views. Since then she has been living in exile. The country announced on Monday that at least 96 people were killed in police firing during clashes between protesters and members of the Awami League.

The country's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned from her post in the face of growing protests, creating a fluid political situation in Bangladesh. Demonstrations by students demanding an end to the quota system for government jobs took the form of anti-government protests.