A giant statue is being shown on TV screens, with some angry people climbing and trying to knock it down with hammers. This statue belongs to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh, who played a leading role in separating the eastern part of Pakistan in 1971.

Some critical questions since the transformation of East Pakistan into Bangladesh remain unsolved even today. However, the subject of my column today is to analyze the decades-long rule of Sheikh Hasina Wajid, the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and former prime minister of Bangladesh. She was known as a dictator in the guise of a democratic leader whose politics revolved around Pakistan-bashing to please India.

After the 1971 war, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman took over power as the first prime minister of Bangladesh, but a few years later in 1975, he was murdered along with his family. At that time, his 27-year-old daughter, Hasina, was out of the country. She later left no stone unturned in promoting........

© The News International