Bidens, Clintons, Soroses ‘aided Yunus’ to oust Sheikh Hasina, claims ex-Bangladesh minister

A former Bangladeshi minister has publicly accused Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus of orchestrating a covert regime-change operation in Bangladesh with the help of influential US political families. According to former minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury, speaking in an interview with Russia Today, Yunus maintained a “nexus” with the Biden, Clinton and Soros families that channelled resources through NGOs to undermine the government of Sheikh Hasina.

Chowdhury claimed that NGOs such as USAID and the International Republican Institute were used “to pay activists and even extremists for a carefully planned chaos that was turned into a big riot.” He alleged that “$29 million came from two NGOs – where had that money gone? It was meant for regime change – rappers were being paid, cultural activists were paid, hijra community was being paid. Whilst the extremists, jihadi militants, were also being paid by those liberal elements…”

ALSO READ: CIA orchestrated Sheikh Hasina’s ouster, Army chief Waker was ‘on their payroll’: Ex–Bangladesh minister

Chowdhury asserts that the riots that led to Hasina’s departure were not spontaneous but meticulously planned. He said: “A chaos was carefully planned with this money and then the chaos was turned into a big riot. In the riot, there were killings, assassinations using snipers; trained rioteers and killers were deployed. So it was a meticulous design.”

He also pointed to what he described as Yunus’s long-standing relationship with the Clintons: “I should say there has been a nexus between the Clinton family and Yunus regime for a very long time and these activities were going on for a while. And they weren’t very open, hell-bent on changing the government of Bangladesh especially after 2018.”

Chowdhury said the influence extended beyond the Clintons to include the Biden family and the Soros circle: “There were individuals who were in power, especially the Biden family, Clintons, Soroses; these families had a nexus with Muhammad Yunus. It was their intention, or their assistance that was given to the rioters.”

Hasina herself has claimed that Yunus “sold the nation to the US” and cited pressure to hand over strategic territory such as St Martin’s Island to the United States as part of the plot. The backdrop to these allegations is the mid-2024 student-led movement in Bangladesh that exploded into nationwide protests, culminating in Hasina’s August 5 departure and self-exile in New Delhi.

Adding to the context, a report by the country’s new central bank governor alleged that during Hasina’s tenure, around $17 billion was siphoned from Bangladesh’s banking sector with the assistance of the military intelligence agency, illustrating deep systemic corruption and the weak state institutions which Yunus and his backers allegedly exploited.