Daily Briefing: Hope in exile for Sheikh Hasina’s party

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It’s been implicit 5 months since erstwhile Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled her state aft convulsive protests brought down her government.

Most of her enactment Awami League’s members are successful hiding. Ritu Sarin, our Executive Editor (news and investigations), spoke to respective ex-MPs and Ministers to marque consciousness of their beingness successful exile.

Broken: Several leaders admit to Sarin that determination had been lapses successful governance during Hasina’s 15-year rule. Some blasted a “joint coup by Islamic terrorists and the Army” for the events that transpired. Today, the Awami League forms a “disintegrated, scattered” governmental front. A 3rd of their enactment is successful jail, a 3rd is extracurricular the country, and others are hiding in Bangladesh.

Cornered: Party leaders person flagged continued violence, attempts to rewrite Bangladesh’s history, attacks against minorities and a paralysed judiciary successful the country. They accidental they are consenting to instrumentality location but lone if the “rule of law” is restored and the enactment tin combat elections.

Appeal: Can India help? Veteran Awami League person Azaduzzaman Khan Kamal who was Home Minister successful Hasina’s Cabinet surely thinks so. “Diplomatic unit and a large dependable should beryllium raised truthful that courts commencement functioning again. India tin assistance successful this.”

Hope: Despite the reversal successful fortunes, Sarin recovered an unmistakable consciousness of anticipation and intent wrong the ranks of the Awami League leaders. They deduce the spot from their “Apa” (older sister) Hasina, who remains disposable to leaders via WhatsApp and is assured they volition flooded this.

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That’s each for contiguous folks. Until adjacent time,
Sonal Gupta

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