Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return to the country in December, acknowledging she could be jailed or killed. She ruled out any back-channel negotiations with the government of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on her return.
Speaking on Wednesday, Hasina said Bangladesh's situation has worsened over the last two years, with people living in an atmosphere of fear, insecurity, and economic distress. She claimed that rigged polls brought the BNP to power.
Separately, her son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, said developments in Bangladesh do not "portend well for India and the world at large." He also alleged that Pakistan's intelligence agency, the ISI, has a free hand in Bangladesh.
Hasina, who has been in exile since her ouster, did not specify how or when she would enter the country.