Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is on death row in India for crimes against humanity committed during the bloody July coup, says she and top leaders of her banned Awami League are planning to return to the country and surrender to the court by December. The question has arisen: Will Sheikh Hasina really return to the country or is she talking about returning to the country for some special purpose? How ready are Awami League leaders and activists?
Political analysts believe that the rumors of Sheikh Hasina returning to the country, who was ousted from power in a student uprising, are pressure from Indian authorities.
They say that Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s visit to China was not well received by the Indian authorities. Sheikh Hasina’s such statements may be a strategy to keep pressure on the Tarique Rahman government, as well as to invigorate the banned Awami League leaders and activists.
Many also believe there may be a specific plan.
In an interview published by Reuters on Friday (July 10), Sheikh Hasina announced her plans to return home and surrender to the court.
He gave this interview by telephone on Thursday.
In this regard, Abu Rushad, editor of the Bangladesh Defense Journal, told BanglaNews, “Our neighboring countries may have expected the current government’s first visit to be in their country.”