4 min learnNew DelhiAug 8, 2026 04:01 AM IST
INDIA ON Friday clarified that it had no position within the media occasion organised by ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5, and acknowledged that it doesn’t endorse something stated on the discussion board concerning the “duly constituted authorities” of Bangladesh.
The official spokesperson of the Ministry of Exterior Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal, stated: “The federal government had no position to play in what was an occasion by a personal media entity, and the federal government doesn’t endorse something stated on the discussion board, particularly with regard to the duly constituted authorities of Bangladesh.”
The assertion comes two days after Hasina introduced in a digital press convention that she plans to return to her nation in December.
Curiously, the MEA’s response didn’t point out “democratically elected authorities of Bangladesh”. Earlier this 12 months, New Delhi had raised questions over the inclusivity of the Bangladesh common elections, held in February, because the Hasina-led Awami League was banned from contesting it. Later, India welcomed the victory of the Bangladesh Nationalist Occasion (BNP) and congratulated its chief and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman; Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla additionally attended his swearing-in ceremony.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Rahman quickly after he was elected.
On August 5, Hasina addressed a press convention on the Overseas Correspondents’ Membership of South Asia in New Delhi by way of an audio hyperlink. She stated her “life had moved past calculations of private security way back”, and she or he plans to return to her nation, stand with its individuals and assist enhance their lives.
“No matter destiny awaits me, I’ll return to my individuals. I can’t keep away whereas my beloved countrymen are struggling. I do know I could also be detained. I could also be despatched to jail. They could attempt to implement verdicts in fabricated circumstances, however worry can’t resolve my responsibility to the individuals. My life moved past calculations of private security way back…”
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Requested when she plans to return, Hasina referred to the 1971 Bangladesh liberation conflict and stated, “December is our victory month, so I need to return within the month of December.”
“There have been 19 assassination makes an attempt towards me… I’m not nervous about my future, I’m nervous about the way forward for Bangladesh. I need to return as a result of the individuals deserve safety, growth, prosperity and peace,” she stated.
“They deserve a state that protects them, an economic system that offers them alternative, and democracy that offers them rights. My return and the return of the household to the democratic course of just isn’t about energy. It’s about placing Bangladesh again heading in the right direction. It’s about reviving the nation’s path of growth, progress, secularism and stability. I need to return to Bangladesh for one function: to face beside the individuals and assist enhance their lives. Individuals are the supply of all energy. I imagine in them. I like them and I’ll return to them,” Hasina stated.
Hasina, who has been dwelling in India ever since her ouster in August 2024, faces a dying sentence in Bangladesh. Her celebration, the Awami League, has been banned within the nation.
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Reacting sharply to her presser, the Bangladesh Overseas Ministry stated on Wednesday: “Bangladesh is outraged that the absconding convicted genocider Sheikh Hasina was allowed this night to interact in reside interplay with the media in New Delhi the place she and her henchmen launched venomous vitriol towards the State of Bangladesh and her individuals.”
“Dhaka deeply regrets that regardless of issues conveyed a priori to the Authorities of India concerning the doubtless ramifications of this occasion on the reset of our bilateral relations, this public occasion was permitted to be held,” the ministry stated.
