Sheikh Hasina on 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement

“From now on, you will use the lethal weapon, shoot everyone you get. Wherever you see gathering from above... now I am making the (shooting) done from above, from the helicopter, it has already been started.”

“I know the business must be kept running. That's why we need your help. Who did the damage? This time they will not be left so easily. Destroying the country by massive destructions? I want your cooperation so that the image of the country may remain intact. If the image does not remain intact, the business will be suffered.”

“They are more angry towards the liberation war and the families of the freedom fighters. How many days (they) protested about my words, what did I say? My words were distorted. What is their slogan? ``Who are you, who am I, Razakar Razakar. Your father, my father, Razakar Razakar'. That means they identified themselves as Razakars. I didn't call them Razakars, they themselves made themselves known as Razakars with slogans."”

“The government has shown considerable patience and tolerance since the beginning of this movement. Instead, the police cooperated in ensuring the security of the protesters. When the agitators expressed their desire to submit memorandums to His Excellency the President, they were given the opportunity and security arrangements were also made. It is a matter of great regret that some quarters took the opportunity of this movement to indulge in acts of terrorism to fulfill their undesired ambitions. As a result, all the events that have happened around the movement of these young students are very painful and sad. How many precious lives were lost unnecessarily. Who knows more than me how painful it is to lose someone.”

“I want your help too. If you know anything, let us know. Because, this kind of repeated violence in Bangladesh, it will not be allowed to happen again. This is why I want your help. Such beastly brutality can some do? A Muslim can hang the body of another Muslim? Those involved in these must be prosecuted. Otherwise people cannot be given security. I understand your pain. We have to live with the pain of losing our parents, brothers and sisters. I couldn't even see the body, I couldn't do the burial. I could not return to the country. They did not let me return to the country for six years. When I came to the country, I traveled all over the country. I want to put a smile on the face of the people of this country. I was trying that. But this type of incident will happen again and again, this terrorist incident will happen - it is not desirable. I will tell you only this, be patient. And call on Allah to save our country from the hands of all these killers and oppressors. I am with you, I am beside you. I also had to see your tears here. This is the most difficult.”