In exclusive interview with ThePrint, Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus ruled out political role for himself, adds people in Bangladesh blame US for always trying to do things there through India.

Sheikh Hasina, who was forced to resign as prime minister of Bangladesh Monday amidst massive civil unrest in the country, destroyed the legacy of her father Bangabandhu Mujibur Rehman, said Dr Yunus.

Speaking to ThePrint minutes after Hasina left Bangladesh, Yunus, who has been charged by the Hasina government in over 190 cases, said, “Bangladesh is liberated… We are a free country now.”

 “We were an occupied country as long as she (Hasina) was there. She was behaving like an occupation force, a dictator, a general, controlling everything. Today all the people of Bangladesh feel liberated.”

Yunus was convicted by the Hasina-led government in January for violating the country’s labour laws and is currently out on bail.