"If you play with fire, it will burn you too," - said ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Her attack on Muhammad Yunus - the chief adviser to the interim government in Dhaka - were pointed and miles away from being courteous or being diplomatic.
Seven months after being forced to flee the country, she also reiterated her claim of a foreign conspiracy that wanted to destroy Bangladesh.
"All signs of Bangladesh's freedom movement are being removed. Mukti Joddhas (freedom fighters) are being insulted. We had built Mukti Joddha Complexes in all districts to keep their memories alive, but those are being burnt down. Will Dr Yunus be able to justify this?" she said, warning the chief adviser.
In an eight-minute virtual address, she also raised doubts over what killed Abu Sayeed, a student protester who became a face of the resistance.
Hasina, who escaped to India last August fearing for his life, had vowed to return to Bangladesh days ago, saying this was the reason Allah had kept her alive.
Addressing her supporters, she accused Yunus of erasing Bangladesh's history, especially those linked to the Awami League's contribution to the country's freedom struggle.
"That loan shark, power-hungry, money-hungry, self-centred person hatched a foreign conspiracy and used wealth from abroad to destroy the country. The BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) and Jamaat-e-Islami are carrying out (political) murders and harassing (Awami League leaders)," she said.
The BNP, led by an ailing former prime minister Khaleda Zia, is the only major political alternative to the Awami League that had managed to dethrone Hasina in the past.
Sheikh Hasina's ouster emboldened the BNP last year to try and reclaim power, but a comeback is unlikely for Zia due to her ill health.
Ms Hasina - against whom a new arrest warrant was issued in Dhaka yesterday - said the end of Awami League's regime has given an industrial shock to Bangladesh. Thousands of factories have since shut, and those linked to Awami leaders have been burnt down. Industries are being finished. Hotels, hospitals, everything is being destroyed, she said.
"Awami League leaders are being framed for the death of vandals. Those who burnt down police stations and beat cops to death are not being charged. Cases are being filed against Awami League leaders. Our leaders are not able to stay at home, everything has been destroyed," she added.
Mr Yunus was well aware of the fallout but he is driven by his hunger for power, said Ms Hasina.
"How will this country run if the law enforcement personnel are being murdered in public? Doesn't Yunus understand this? Or is he guiding the country to doomsday? This fascist terrorist Yunus is destroying our country out of hunger for power," added the Awami League chief.
US Awami League Vice President Dr Rabbi Alam last month raised concerns over the current situation in Bangladesh, stating that the country is under attack and urged the international community to intervene.
Speaking to the news agency ANI in Kolkata, Alam, a close aide of ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, thanked India for providing the 'alignment' for shelter.
He further thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing a safe travel passage for Sheikh Hasina.
"Bangladesh is under attack, and it needs to be addressed by the international community. A political uprising is fine, but that is not what has been going on in Bangladesh.
This is a terrorist uprising... Many of our leaders are sheltered here in India, and we are very thankful to the Indian government for providing the alignment. I also thank PM Narendra Modi for providing a safe travel passage for our Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. We are thankful to the people of India," he said.
"We want to ask the Bangladesh Advisor to step down and go back to where he came from," he added.
Alam exuded confidence in Sheikh Hasina's return as Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He further stated that the country's young generation has made a mistake and has been 'manipulated'.
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