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News India Live, Digital Desk: There has been an unexpected and big turn in the politics of Bangladesh. Jailed former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has rejected the death sentence given to a leader of her own party (Awami League) in a murder case. Hasina has raised serious questions on the impartiality of the interim government led by Professor Muhammad Yunus, calling this decision “illegal” and “politically motivated”. This case could create a new storm in the politics of Bangladesh, where Sheikh Hasina and her party leaders have been in legal trouble since the change of power. What is the whole matter? In fact, a court in Bangladesh has registered a case in the murder of Zahidul Islam Tipu, an influential leader of the Awami League. Many accused have been sentenced to death. As soon as this decision came, Sheikh Hasina issued a statement from the jail itself and strongly opposed it. Surprisingly, the investigation into this murder case had started during Sheikh Hasina’s government, but now she has raised questions on the entire judicial process. What allegations did Sheikh Hasina make on the Yunus government? Sheikh Hasina has directly called this court decision a part of the politics of revenge of the Yunus government. In her statement, she said: “This punishment is illegal and illegitimate”: She said that the investigation conducted during her government was in the right direction, but the present government has influenced the investigation and implicated innocent people. Alleging revenge on the government: Hasina said, “This interim government is working on the agenda of destroying our party and targeting our leaders. They are misusing the judiciary to take political revenge.” Attack on the rule of law: She called it an attack on democracy and rule of law. A direct attack on the regime and claimed that true justice is not possible in the country until her party returns to power. Why is this step of Hasina important? This statement of Sheikh Hasina is important in many ways. Trying to unite her party: Through this statement, she is trying to give the message that she stands with every leader of her party even in difficult times, no matter how serious the allegations are against him. Putting pressure on the Yunus government: She Through the statements, she wants to put pressure on the interim government at the international and national level, so that she can get some relief in the cases pending against her. Gaining public sympathy: She is also trying to gain public sympathy by presenting herself and her party as the “victim”. This entire incident shows that the struggle for power in Bangladesh is now being fought in courts and jails rather than on the streets, where every decision has become a political weapon. Now it remains to be seen how effective this move of Sheikh Hasina proves to be.