EPAThe ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, may return to the country when votes are declared, her brother Sajeeb Wazed Joy says.
Ms Hasina, who resigned and fled the country earlier this year following a substantial unrest, is now in India.
In days of demonstrations against Ms. Hasina, more than 500 people were killed, according to Bangladeshi advertising. The policeman shot a large number of them.
In Bangladesh’s worst act of violence since its declaration of independence in 1971, thousands of people were injured.
” Absolutely, she will come]to Bangladesh ]”, Mr Wazed tells the BBC, saying his mother will return as and when the interim government decides to hold the polls.
The military-backed time state, headed by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, was sworn in on Thursday along with 16 experts.
The advisers include two undergraduate protest leaders.
Information technologies professional Mr. Wazed currently resides in the US.
Getty ImagesDuring Ms. Hasina’s time as prime minister, from 2009 to 2024, he served as an IT consultant for her for a number of years.
” She will definitely get back”, her brother says.
That choice has n’t been made, whether she returns to politics or not. She is completely fed up with the way she was treated.
Following a harsh police assault, the student-led activity erupted into a ferocious uprising to overthrow Ms. Hasina last month as a protest against restrictions in civil service positions.
Mr Joy is assured that when the elections are placed, the Awami League, the group of Ms Hasina, does emerge triumphant.
The Awami League may prevail, he claims,” I’m convinced that if you have free and fair elections in Bangladesh now, and there is a level playing field, then it will win.”
Ms Hasina became prime minister for a fourth consecutive term in a controversial election held in January 2024.
Getty ImagesThe main opposition parties criticized the vote, claiming that “any free and fair election was not occur under Ms. Hasina’s rule.”
Her son urged the holding of elections within 90 days and called for the latest interim government to be illegal.
However, he was a little careful about his political passions or whether he would return to the country to have for the management of the Awami League, following in the footsteps of his father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh, and Ms Hasina.
” No decision has been made in this regard. I always had political interests”, he says.
He goes on to say that he was angry about how the protesters burned their ancient houses, including the gallery in Dhaka, where they were buried.
” Under these circumstances, I am very unhappy, I will do whatever it takes”, he says.
EPAHe claims to be in contact with group supporters, who are deeply upset and angry with the recent events.
” If 40, 000 activists or so can force the government to withdraw, then what happens if rallies are held by the Awami League, which has millions of supporters”? he asserts.
Ms Hasina and her sister ( Rehana Siddiq ) have been stranded in Delhi since Monday.
India has backed the Bangladeshi head with a lot.
She is reportedly attempting to find hospital in the UK, the United Arab Emirates, or Saudi Arabia.
” Those concerns about her immigration and hospital, they are all speculations”, her brother says.
” She’s no applied everywhere. She’s staying put for the time being, watching how the condition unfolds in Bangladesh.
” Her final goal is always to go back home in Bangladesh.”
Asked about well-documented human rights violations and extra-judicial deaths during his mother’s 15-year career, he says some faults were made.
” Of course, there were people in our state who made faults, but we always righted the fleet, “he adds.
” We had one leader’s boy, who was a part of the special police force. He is in prison convicted of extra-judicial deaths. That’s unparalleled.”
” My mom tried to do the right thing in terms of detention, “her child insists.