Overview

• In an interview with Mehdi Hasan, Muhammad Yunus said “one of the specialty of India right now is fake news” and accused New Delhi of pushing hostile narratives.
• He argued that international accounts wrongly recast neighbor quarrels over land or family matters as religious violence.
• Yunus said the interim administration is “very alert” to allegations concerning Hindu safety and is monitoring the situation.
• Nearly 30,000 Hindus marched in Dhaka last November alleging repeated attacks and urging the government to drop charges against leaders including monk Chinmoy Krishna Das.
• He reiterated a general election timeline of about six months, noting ties with India remain strained by New Delhi’s sheltering of Sheikh Hasina.