Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been living freely in exile in New Delhi since fleeing her country last year, has said she will not return home under any government formed after elections that exclude her party, the Awami League.

In an emailed interview with news agency Reuters , her first since being toppled in a student-led uprising in August 2024 , the 78-year-old former leader said millions of her supporters would boycott next year’s election, calling the ban on the Awami League “unjust” and “self-defeating.”

“The ban on the Awami League is not only unjust, it is self-defeating,” Hasina said. “Millions of people support the Awami League, so as things stand, they will not vote. You cannot disenfranchise millions of people if you want a political system that w

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