India, Jan. 24 -- In a powerful and emotionally charged address delivered from India, former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged Bangladeshis to unite and rise against the interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, whom she described as unable to deliver free and fair elections ahead of the country's February 12 general poll.

This was Hasina's first public speech from India since she fled Bangladesh in August 2024 amid widespread protests that toppled her government. The message was broadcast at a New Delhi gathering titled "Save democracy in Bangladesh." With election campaigning underway in Dhaka, and her party, the Awami League, barred from participating, Hasina's remarks took on a confrontational tone, accusin...