Guwahati: Former Chief Justice of Bangladesh’s Supreme Court, Surendra Kumar Sinha believes that most of the Bangladeshi intellectuals support India. Speaking to an Indian media outlet on Sunday, Sinha also asserted that Bangladesh needs India’s support and at the same time New Delhi requires Dhaka’s cooperation in dealing with various bilateral issues.
Sinha, who was forced to resign as the sitting CJ in 2017 and leave Bangladesh by the autocratic regime led by ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, firmly stood behind the caretaker government chief Professor Muhammad Yunus and hopes that the visionary preacher of social business across the globe will be able to stabilize Bangladesh and also ensure adequate security to the religious minority communities in the Muslim majority nation. Congratulating Nobel laureate Prof Yunus for assuming the new responsibility, justice Sinha also appreciated the agitating students for their choice of a right person in an important task at this crucial moment.
“I think the first responsibility of the interim government remains to restore the law & order situation. The second priority should be to establish the rule of law. The third is to reconstruct the financial institutions and recover billions of Taka misappropriated by some supporters of Hasina. Another priority will be a total reform in the higher judiciary of Bangladesh,” said Sinha.
Sinha believes that Bangladesh will never slip into the hands of Islamists, if the rule of law is established in the populous country. He recalled how a number of judges boycotted a sitting CJ following the direction of Hasina. However, Sinha argues that many judges and judicial officers in Bangladesh are discharging their duties with all commitment to the law and justice.
Regarding his future plan to return to his motherland, Sinha stated, “I am confident that I will return to my country. I did not compromise in my professional career. As I was expecting the fall of Hasina anytime, now time comes for me to go back and touch the soil of Bangladesh. I would only expect a congenial atmosphere for my safe return,” he added.
