Dhaka, Bangladesh Global: Toppled Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, will return to the country when elections are declared, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy said.
“Absolutely, she will come [to Bangladesh],” Mr Wazed told the BBC.
Ms Hasina, who resigned and fled the country earlier this week following a massive unrest, is currently in India.
Mr Wazed is an information technology expert who now lives in the US.
He worked as an IT adviser for Ms Hasina for several years during her tenure as prime minister from 2009 to 2024.
However, he was a bit circumspect about his political ambitions or whether he would return to the country to stand for the leadership of the Awami League, following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh, and Ms Hasina.
According to media reports more than 500 people were killed in weeks of demonstrations against Ms Hasina. Many of them were shot by the police.
Thousands were injured in the worst violence Bangladesh has seen since its war of independence in 1971.
The interim government, headed by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, was sworn in on Thursday along with 16 advisers.
Two of the student protest leaders are among the advisers.
"Whether she comes back into politics or not, that decision has not been made. She is quite fed up with how she was treated."
The student-led movement started as a protest against quotas in civil service jobs last month before becoming massive unrest to oust Ms Hasina following a brutal police crackdown.
Mr Joy is confident that when the polls are held, the Awami League, the party of Ms Hasina, will emerge victorious.
“I am convinced that If you have elections in Bangladesh today, and if they are free and fair and if there’s a level playing field, then the Awami League will win," he said.
Ms Hasina became prime minister for a fourth consecutive term in a controversial election held in January 2024.
The main opposition parties boycotted the election saying under Ms Hasina’s government there could not be “any free and fair election”.
However, the former prime minister's son termed the current interim government as unconstitutional and said elections should be held within 90 days.
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