My mother never officially resigned, says Sheikh Hasina’s son

Sheikh Hasina’s son, Sajeeb Wazed has claimed that her mother had not resigned as prime minister before fleeing this week to India.

“My mother never officially resigned. She didn’t get the time,” Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed.

“She had planned to make a statement and submit her resignation. But then the protesters started marching on the prime minister’s residence. And there was no time. My mother wasn’t even packed. As far as the constitution goes, she is still the prime minister of Bangladesh,” he added.

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He said though the president had dissolved parliament after consulting with military chiefs and pposition politicians, the formation of a caretaker government without the prime minister actually formally resigning “can be challenged in court”.

Wazed also said Hasina’s Awami League party would contest the next election, which he said must be held within three months.

He said his mother is ready to face trial back home, as demanded by students who led the uprising.

It is pertinent to mention that earlier this week Bangladeshi army chief announced that Sheikh Hasina resgined and fled the country.

Hasina has been sheltering in New Delhi since Monday following an uprising that killed about 300 people, many of them students.