Bangladesh PM blames opposition for protests after top court scraps job quotas

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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina blamed her political opponents for deadly violence that swept the country during recent student-led protests against quotas in government jobs, stating on Monday (July 22) that a curfew would be lifted when the situation improved.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The most sensitive thing here is the students.

00:03The students sit there.

00:04And those who have other problems with the students,

00:07they are not harmed.

00:09We have taken care of that.

00:11We have tried to give everything to the police and our people.

00:15The day the students started the fire,

00:20they told the police that we are not involved in this.

00:26And we will continue this.

00:29We don't want this.

00:30When they started the fire,

00:32we called for the army.

00:35But they didn't call for the army.

00:37Many of us try to say,

00:39don't call for the army against the students.

00:41I am doing politics for the students.

00:43Since the time of Dhaka University,

00:46I have known what the army did.

00:50Do you know how many incidents,

00:53the army, the BNP, and the Jamaat,

00:57they are doing it together.

00:59The BNP is giving all the help.

01:01My question is,

01:02they are doing so much,

01:04but the economy is not doing well.

01:06You should find out where the economy is coming from.

01:10You should know that.

01:13I request you.

01:15We want this situation to be resolved as soon as possible.

01:19Many of us have come here peacefully.

01:23Many of us,

01:26whatever the situation is,

01:28it will be better soon.

01:30We have also calmed down the curfew.

01:33I will leave it to you.

01:36As soon as the situation is better,

01:38we will give you the time.

01:40We have told you about the districts.

01:42All the districts,

01:43they are not able to do anything.

01:45All the districts,

01:46the DC,

01:48and the government,

01:50they are not able to do anything.

01:52So we have told you,

01:53you should sit down,

01:54how long the curfew will be,

01:56you should not stay there.

01:57We have given you the time.

01:59We have also given you the place in Dhaka.

02:01As soon as the situation is better,

02:03it will be better soon.

02:05The Jamaat,

02:06the army,

02:07the soldiers,

02:08the soldiers should attack.

02:10Otherwise,

02:11we will cut their throats,

02:12we will do something.

02:14All of them voted for us.

02:16We cut their throats,

02:17and threw them out of the college.

02:19We cut their throats,

02:21we cut their hands,

02:22we cut their legs,

02:23we threw them out of the school.

02:27Who is responsible for all this?

02:30The whole army,

02:32the Jamaat,

02:33and the BNP,

02:34today,

02:35they are also out of power.

02:37They still don't know,

02:38they still order us,

02:39let's go,

02:40let's protest.

02:41It means,

02:42they are not giving us the right to protest.

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