Ex-Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in virtual news conference-“Protests in July-Aug 2024 not peaceful student movement, organised groups worked to turn them to violent political instrument. Recalling the events of the past two years, the former Bangladesh PM said she has watched her “beloved Bangladesh suffer”. Hasina alleged that the protests in Bangladesh in July and August 2024 that resulted in the collapse of her government were not a peaceful student movement. It was not a peaceful student movement. The former Bangladesh prime minister also hailed India for always standing by Bangladesh.