Bangladesh PM compares ex-PM Sheikh Hasina to 'Kansa' at Janmashtami event

While addressing a Janmashtami event in Dhaka, Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman compared former PM Sheikh Hasina to Kansa, the tyrannical ruler of Mathura. Without naming Hasina, Rahman said that a "Kansa-like" ruler had deprived Bangladeshis of their democratic rights for over a decade and a half. "Bangladesh is now again on the path of democracy," he added.