Ex-Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Veena Sikri said the Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami is in charge in Bangladesh, adding, "They've [Bangladesh's interim head] Muhammad Yunus as their spokesperson, as their mouthpiece." "There have always been links between BNP leadership, Jamaat-e-Islami and Pakistan’s ISI," Sikri added. "There is no democracy left in Bangladesh at the moment," she stated.