NEW DELHI: Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has no immediate plans to return home and continues to live freely in New Delhi, nearly a year after being forced from power.

In her first interview since her dramatic fall from office, Hasina told Reuters that the Awami League — which she led for over four decades — would eventually return to play a role in shaping Bangladesh’s future, whether from within the government or the opposition. However, she emphasized that her family need not lead the party’s next chapter.

“The ban on the Awami League is not only unjust, it is self-defeating,” Hasina said in emailed responses. “The next government must have electoral legitimacy. Millions of people support the Awami League, so as things stand, they will not vote. You cannot disenfran

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