{"id":28221,"date":"2026-06-29T07:57:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T02:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/i-dont-fear-death-will-return-to-bangladesh-this-year-former-pm-sheikh-hasina-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T07:57:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T02:27:59","slug":"i-dont-fear-death-will-return-to-bangladesh-this-year-former-pm-sheikh-hasina-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/i-dont-fear-death-will-return-to-bangladesh-this-year-former-pm-sheikh-hasina-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"I don\u2019t fear death, will return to Bangladesh this year: Former PM Sheikh Hasina | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132060354,imgsize-105904,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/sheikh-hasina.jpg\" alt=\"I don\u2019t fear death, will return to Bangladesh this year: Former PM Sheikh Hasina\" title=\"I don\u2019t fear death, will return to Bangladesh this year: Sheikh Hasina\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"I don\u2019t fear death, will return to Bangladesh this year: Sheikh Hasina\">I don\u2019t fear death, will return to Bangladesh this year: Sheikh Hasina<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Former PM <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sheikh-hasina\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Sheikh Hasina<\/a> \u2014 living in India since her govt\u2019s ouster in 2024 \u2014 has said she plans to return to Bangladesh \u201clater this year\u201d and said \u201cI do not fear death\u201d. Her rivals termed her remarks \u201ca tactic to exert pressure\u201d in a bid to disrupt the current political situation in the country, reports Ahsan Tasnim.<!-- --> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Her remarks also come at a time when political circles in Dhaka are abuzz with reports of a resurgence of her banned Awami League in both rural and urban areas \u2014 a perceived revival that prompted the Tarique Rahman govt to allow its members to contest local polls, albeit only as independent candidates.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Declaring that Awami League is not merely an organisation but a \u201cforce\u201d and that any attack on minorities is an attack on Bangladesh\u2019s independence, Hasina, in an interview to NDTV, said, \u201cMy return is not a question of personal ambition. <!-- -->It is tied to a far larger question: the political rights of the people of Bangladesh, the restoration of democracy, the rule of law, and the spirit of our Liberation War.\u201d <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>On Hasina asserting \u201cI will return to my country this year\u201d, members of governing BNP and opposition Jamaat-eIslami (JeI) sought to remind her of the death sentence she faces in \u201ccrimes against humanity\u201d cases and the several trials pending against her.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>\u201cI do not fear death. In 1975, Ilost my parents, my brothers, and almost my entire family&#8230; There was an attempt to kill me with grenades. Many conspiracies have been hatched against me. But breaking through every web of conspiracy, I stood beside the people of Bangladesh, she said, terming the death penalty verdict a \u201cpart of an illegal, unconstitutional, and politically motivated process\u201d. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Hasina also attacked the Tarique Rahaman-led BNP govt and previous Muhammad Yunus-led interim govt, saying, \u201cThere is no democracy. <!-- -->There is no rule of law. There is no security. The economy has weakened. Minorities are under attack. Extremism is spreading.\u201d <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>However, a source close to the Prime Minister\u2019s Office (PMO) said, \u201cWe are not concerned at all. She and her party men continue to repeat these statements, which may be tactic to exert pressure on us. But this is a govt elected with an overwhelming majority. People are with us.\u201d <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>JeI chief ATM Azharul Islam, however, questioned whether BNP was trying to rehabilitate Awami League. \u201cYou have called for banning Jamaat. Suppose we are banned. Who will fill that vacuum? Will you run the country alone? Do you want to establish a one-party rule? Are you trying to rehabilitate the Awami League?\u201d he asked.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/i-dont-fear-death-will-return-to-bangladesh-this-year-former-pm-sheikh-hasina\/articleshow\/132059871.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t fear death, will return to Bangladesh this year: Sheikh Hasina NEW DELHI: Former PM Sheikh Hasina \u2014 living in India since her govt\u2019s ouster in 2024 \u2014 has said she plans to return to Bangladesh \u201clater this year\u201d and said \u201cI do not fear death\u201d. Her rivals termed her remarks \u201ca tactic to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-country"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}