Sheikh Hasina’s Son Reveals How He Persuaded His Reluctant Mother to Flee BangladeshFormer bangladesh Prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, has dismissed reports of his mother seeking asylum in the united states or united kingdom calling them “rumours”. He said she was going to stay in delhi “for a little while” and divulged details of how he persuaded Hasina to leave bangladesh after she resigned on monday amid violent protests led by students seeking an end to the quota system for government jobs.
Joy, in an interview with Deutsche Well, said that he was worried, not because she was leaving bangladesh, but because she did not want to leave Bangladesh.When the interviewer asked about Hasina’s plan for asylum in the US and UK, he said, “These are all rumours. She has not made a decision on that yet. She is going to stay in delhi for a little while.
“I was worried not because she was leaving bangladesh, but because she didn’t want to leave Bangladesh. We had to convince her. I said this is not a political movement anymore, this is a mob … they are going to kill you,” Joy said that the decision to resign was taken a day earlier but not announced.“She had made the decision a day earlier. Only a few of us knew that she would announce she was resigning and that her plan was to ensure a transition of power according to the Constitution. But when they (protesters) began marching towards Ganabhaban, we said out of fear, there was no more time. You have to leave now.” Responding to a question about leadership in the Awami League, Joy said that he currently has no plans to enter politics.
“For the third time, our family has faced a coup. For the third time, we had to live abroad, losing everything. Except for my mother and me, all of us have been abroad for a long time. We are settled here. We have no difficulties in life here. We are accustomed to living here,” he said.
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