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Bangladesh’s ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given a big and shocking statement and announced that despite all the scary fears like arrest, jail bars or death sentence, she is fully committed to return to Bangladesh by December this year. Sheikh Hasina, who left the country and took refuge in the Indian capital New Delhi after the political turmoil in August 2024 last year, has made it clear that whatever happens to her after returning home, she will not shy away from facing it. In a detailed reply given to the prestigious news agency AFP via email, Sheikh Hasina said in clear words that she is well aware that her life is in danger, she can be killed, arrested or put in jail, but despite this she wants to return because the common people of her country are calling her.
The court’s death sentence and the desire to breathe one’s last breath on the land of one’s loved ones.
Earlier, in an interview given to Reuters, Sheikh Hasina had reiterated that she and all her political allies would end their exile and return to Bangladesh very soon and face the legal process before the courts there. She had emotionally said that the leaders and workers of her own party were being subjected to severe atrocities and harassment, and if she was destined to die, she wanted it to come to the soil of her motherland, where her parents were buried and where their blood was shed. It is noteworthy that Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death in her absence by the International Criminal Tribunal (ICT) of Bangladesh, which was given to her in the year 2024 due to her strict handling of the historic and nationwide protests by students.
The complete story of the student movement and change of power in the year 2024
This entire political crisis started in the summer of 2024 when students started massive protests against the controversial quota system in government jobs. However, the student movement quickly transformed into a nationwide anti-government mass movement following a crackdown by security forces and the administration, leaving thousands injured and many losing their lives during the months-long conflict. After the protests became completely fierce and the situation became uncontrolled, in August 2024, Sheikh Hasina finally had to suddenly resign from her post of Prime Minister and leave the country and come to India. Soon after the change of power, the International Criminal Tribunal under Bangladesh’s new regime charged him and several of his former associates with serious crimes against humanity, while the political activities of his party, the Awami League, were also banned.
Tariq Rahman’s new rule and the changing politics of Bangladesh
Amidst this major political upheaval in Bangladesh, recently Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Tariq Rahman has officially taken oath as the new Prime Minister of the country, with which he has become the first elected male Prime Minister of Bangladesh after a long gap of decades. Political analysts believe that Bangladeshi politics has long revolved around the rivalry between Sheikh Hasina and Tariq Rahman’s mother and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, which the people of the country often remember as the “War of Begums”. Now, Sheikh Hasina’s sensational announcement of returning to her country by December has once again created a stir in the politics of South Asia and all eyes are on what stand the new government and judiciary of Bangladesh will take on this.