DHAKA: BNP chairperson and soon-to-be prime minister of Bangladesh on Saturday said the extradition of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina “depends on the legal process.”
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader’s comments at a press conference here came a day after one of his senior colleagues reiterated the party’s firm stance on seeking Hasina’s extradition from India to face trial.
Rahman’s BNP on Friday secured a sweeping victory with more than two-thirds majority in the landmark parliamentary elections held on Thursday.
A massive student-led protest ousted Hasina’s Awami League regime on August 5, 2024. Since then she has been living in exile in New Delhi as an Interim government led by Muhammad Yunus took charge three days later.
After a trial in absentia, Hasina, 78, was found guilty of crimes against humanity by the country’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in November 2025 and sentenced to death. Her aide and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal was also given a death sentence on similar charges.
There are multiple other cases against Hasina and several of her ministers. Yunus’ government had banned Awami League from participating in the 13th parliamentary polls.
On Saturday, during his first press conference after the party’s massive electoral victory, Rahman was asked whether the BNP would seek Hasina’s extradition from India, according to Dhaka Tribune.
“That depends on the legal process,” Rahman answered.
Rahman spoke about multiple parties participating in the polls but did not mention Awami League.
“In a democratic state and political system, political parties are the true beacon of democracy,” Rahman said, however, without reflecting upon his stance on lifting the ban on Awami League.