Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India yesterday, met with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, NDTV reports. According to the reports, Doval received her at Hindon Airbase in Uttar Pradesh. The report further states that she will leave for London, where her family members reside. After protesters stormed her official residence in Dhaka, the 76-year-old Prime Minister flew to India with her sister and aides in a helicopter. She has maintained close political ties with India and has visited ten times within a year, according to Indian PM Narendra Modi.
India is a temporary shelter
Diplomatic sources say that she is waiting in India for asylum from the UK government. Reports said that India has pledged to provide security and all necessary logistical arrangements. India has already stated that Sheikh Hasina’s stay will be interim and temporary.
Bangla Parliament to be dissolved
Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin announced yesterday that the Parliament would be dissolved soon. The main opponent of Hasina’s administration, former PM of Bangladesh and the Chairperson of the Bangladesh National Party (BNP), Begum Khaleda Zia, was released from house arrest following an order from the Bangladeshi President.
“A decision has been taken to form an interim government as soon as possible by dissolving parliament. The army will also take measures to normalize the prevailing anarchic situation,” the president said.
President Shahabuddin met a delegation that included BNP’s Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas; Jatiya Party’s GM Quader, Mojibul Haque Chunnu, and Anisul Islam; Mahmudur Rahman Manna of Nagarik Oikya; Hefazat-e-Islam’s Mamunul Haque, Mufti Monir Kasemi, and Mahabubur Rahman; Jamaat-e-Islami’s Dr Shafiqur Rahman and Sheikh Md Masood; Shamim Haider of Zaker Party; Zonayed Saki of Mass Solidarity Movement; Dhaka University teacher Asif Nazrul; and Arif Talukder, Omar Faruq, and Mobashwera Karim Mimi, coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement before his remarks to the nation, Bangladesh’s Daily Sun reported.
