Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in India for the final 24 hours, has not sought asylum “wherever”, her son categorically advised NDTV right this moment, disregarding hypothesis. Ms Hasina, 76, was considering retirement anyway and now she is going to retire from politics and is prone to divide her time between her members of the family, added Sajeeb Wazed, who is predicated in Washington.
Requested about a number of reviews about UK’s “silence” her request for asylum and revocation of her visa by the US, Mr Wazed stated, “The reviews about her requesting asylum are incorrect. She has not requested asylum wherever. So the query of UK or US not responding but isn’t true”.
Requested concerning the US Visa revocation, he stated, “There was no such dialogue with the US”.
Mr Wazed, who made headlines yesterday saying his mom will give up politics, reiterated it right this moment. “She is completed with politics in Bangladesh… my mom was planning to retire anyway, this was going to be her final time period,” he stated.
The household, he added, is now planning to spend time collectively – the place and the way is but to be labored out. “I’m in Washington, my aunt is in London, my sister lives in Delhi, so we do not know, she would possibly journey between the locations,” he stated.
Ms Hasina’s plane offered by the Bangladesh armed forces had landed on the Indian Air Power base in Hindon close to Delhi yesterday, shortly after taking off from Dhaka.
“At very brief discover, she requested approval to return for the second to India. We concurrently obtained a request for flight clearance from the Bangladesh authorities. She arrived yesterday night in Delhi,” international minister S Jaishankar has stated.
With the federal government but to announce how lengthy she might be staying, there was a lot hypothesis about her remaining vacation spot. Quite a few names have come up, together with US, UK and even Finland.
Earlier right this moment, Mr Jaishankar had described the scenario in Dhaka as “evolving” and expressed concern concerning the legislation and order scenario there.
The Border Safety Power is on excessive alert throughout India’s 4,096-km border with Bangladesh, components of that are porous. Indian Railways has stopped trains to Bangladesh and most carriers have cancelled flights to Dhaka.
