Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday tendered her resignation to go by the students’ one-point demand for her resignation.
Hasina, also president of Awami League, fled the country to avoid public wrath developed over the death of several hundred students and people during the quota reform movement.
Sheikh Hasina was dragged down to the misery as more than 300 people were killed during a 36-day movement of the students, backed by the people from all walks of life.
Sheikh Rehana, younger sister of Sheikh Hasina, was also with her while fleeing the country.
Defying the imposition of curfew for an indefinite period, tens of thousands of people took to the streets and marched towards the Central Shaheed Minar.
In the face of overwhelming public protest, it is reported that Sheikh Hasina fled the country by a military helicopter and landed at Agartola.
Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina landed in India’s northeastern city of Agartala on Monday after fleeing Dhaka, CNN-News18 reported. India is set to offer a safe passage to Hasina, the report said, citing intelligence sources.
ABP Live, another Indian news site, said Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was denied asylum in India.
She is likely to head for Europe, the channel said quoting sources. A flight carrying Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana has landed in India’s Ghaziabad, reports ANI.
BBC reports that Hasina initially left Bangladesh with her sister, Sheikh Rehana, in a helicopter headed for India’s Agartala.
Sheikh Hasina took oath as Prime Minister for the fourth consecutive term after winning the January 7 polls boycotted by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
The 12th parliament election was held on January 7. The AL won a landslide victory, bagging 222 seats with Boat symbol.
The Jatiya Party won 11 seats, independent candidates 62 seats while partners of the AL-led 14-party alliance -Workers Party and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Jasod) got one seat each. Bangladesh Kalyan Party also won one seat in the polls.
Sheikh Hasina would make a history of running the country for 20 years in a row if she could complete her new term in office.
Sheikh Hasina first led her party Awami League to office through 1996 national polls 21 years after the assassination of the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. She took oath as Prime Minister on June 23 that year.
The Awami League president formed government for the second term on January 6 after winning the December 29, 2008 election with an absolute majority in parliament.
Sheikh Hasina took oath as Prime Minister for the consecutive second term on January 12 after winning the January 5, 2014 elections boycotted by the BNP-led alliance.
She formed the government for the third term on January 7 in 2019 after winning the December 30 national election held with the participation of all registered political parties.
Sheikh Hasina is the country’s lone premier who has served the country for 15 years in a row.
