“We have had no involvement at all. Any reports or rumors that the United States government was involved in these events are simply false,” White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre stated during a press briefing when asked about alleged US involvement.

On Sunday, the Economic Times newspaper in India reported that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accused the US of playing a role in her ousting, claiming it was driven by a desire to control Bangladesh’s Saint Martin island in the Bay of Bengal. The report suggested that Hasina conveyed this message through her close associates.

However, Hasina’s son, Sajeeb Wazed, refuted the claim in a post on X, stating that she never made such a statement.

“We believe that the Bangladeshi people should determine the future of the Bangladeshi government, and that’s where we stand,” the White House added.

An interim government in Bangladesh, led by Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, was sworn in on Thursday, with the aim of organizing elections in the country.

Bangladesh has been gripped by protests and violence following student demonstrations last month against government job quotas, which escalated into a broader movement to oust Hasina.

Hasina, who secured a fourth consecutive term in January in an election boycotted by the opposition and criticized by the U.S. State Department as neither free nor fair, left for New Delhi after stepping down, ending her 15-year tenure in power.

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