The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which won a landslide victory in the general elections, on Friday reiterated its demand for the extradition of ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina from India to face trial.
Sheikh Hasina claimed that she was ousted from power by Mohammad Yunus, whom she called a “murderous fascist”. (X/ANI)Soon after the BNP’s landslide victory, Salahuddin Ahmed, a member of the party’s standing committee, said his party would formally request India to hand over Hasina to Bangladesh.
“The foreign minister has already pursued his extradition and we support it,” senior BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed said, PTI reported.
“We have consistently pressed for his extradition as per law. This is an issue between the foreign ministries of the two countries. We have also appealed to the Indian government to send him back to Bangladesh to face trial,” he added.
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Ahmed said Bangladesh wants normal relations with all neighboring countries, including India, but stressed that relations should be based on equality.
“We want a friendly relationship with all countries, including India, on the basis of mutual respect and equal treatment,” he said.
This comes after Sheikh Hasina’s comments on February 12 where she called the elections held in Bangladesh a “job”.
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India’s position on Hasina’s extradition”We have received the request and it is being examined as part of the ongoing judicial and internal legal process,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in November.
Dhaka has demanded New Delhi hand over Hasina to Bangladesh under the bilateral extradition treaty.
“We are committed to the best interests of the people of Bangladesh and peace, democracy, inclusion and stability in that country. We will engage constructively with all stakeholders on this,” Jaiswal said at a press conference.
Where is Hasina?His comments came a day after the BNP’s landslide victory in Thursday’s election, the first national vote since the August 2024 coup that ousted Hasina from office.
Hasina, who has been living in exile in New Delhi since her ouster, was sentenced to death in absentia by a special tribunal in November 2025 on charges of crimes against humanity linked to violent repression during the 2024 unrest.
Since leaving office, Hasina has stayed out of the public spotlight in New Delhi, except for occasional statements and reports at Lodhi Gardens.
In January 2026, however, he sparked a backlash in Dhaka after delivering a speech from Delhi in which he urged citizens to rise up against the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus.
