Hasina threw me out of Bangladesh to please Islamists, who forced her out today: Exiled author Taslima Nasreen – Times of India

After former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country on Monday, Taslima Nasreen pointed out the ironic but similar conditions the exiled author was subjected to in 1999 in a post on social media.
Nasreen said that Hasina expelled her from Bangladesh in 1999 to please Islamists when she returned to see her dying mother and now, the same Islamists were part of the student movement that forced Hasina to leave the country.

The former prime minister resigned on Monday and fled to India in a military plane yesterday. She is likely to seek asylum in the United Kingdom.
The author criticized Hasina for allowing “Islamists to grow” and enabling those involved in corruption to prosper. She also expressed her opposition to Army rule in Bangladesh and advocated for democracy.
“Hasina had to resign and leave the country. She was responsible for her situation. She made Islamists to grow. She allowed her people to involve in corruption. Now Bangladesh must not become like Pakistan. Army must not rule. Political parties should bring democracy & secularism,” Nasreen said in another post.

Ms Nasreen was forced to leave Bangladesh in 1994 after receiving death threats from fundamentalist groups over her book “Lajja”. Hasina’s jailed arch-rival Khaleda Zia was the prime minister of Bangladesh at the time of her exile. Since then, the author has been living in exile.
Protesters stormed the Sheik Hasina’s official residence on Monday after nearly 100 died during clashes with law enforcement on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman announced the formation of an interim government.