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Sheikh Hasina has no obstacles to travel to any country in the world
Sheikh Hasina’s visa expired 45 days after she left power in a student uprising and went to India. Since then many people are wondering what he will do now where will he go.
Finally, the Indian authorities gave the travel document to Sheikh Hasina. On October 9, Sheikh Hasina’s sister Sheikh Rehana, close to the family and an influential leader of the UK Awami League, confirmed this information to reporters on condition of anonymity.
He told the reporters that the leader can travel with the visa of any country in the world with the travel document given by the Indian government.
He said that Sheikh Hasina is being given round-the-clock security in India. His sister Sheikh Rehana is also staying there. However, Sheikh Hasina will stay in India even if she gets the travel document. He has no plans to travel outside India anytime soon.
Asylum seekers are usually given a travel document for that country. In response to the question whether Sheikh Hasina has taken political asylum in India, the UK Awami League leader said that considering the importance of Sheikh Hasina, India has made special arrangements for her.
Meanwhile, the Indian government has not officially said anything about whether India has issued a ‘travel document’ to Sheikh Hasina or not. However, a top official of India’s Ministry of External Affairs asked to wait for the ministry’s next briefing on the matter.
However, a former top diplomat of India told reporters that if India has really given Sheikh Hasina a travel document, I will not be surprised at all. Because this is the most natural and expected course of action in this situation.
The former ambassador said, I don’t know whether India will give political asylum to Sheikh Hasina in the end or not. But the way the events of the last two months have unfolded, I see a lot of similarities between the Dalai Lama’s case and Sheikh Hasina’s case.
No matter how long she stays in India, Sheikh Hasina will sit idly by, this cannot happen anymore. The Dalai Lama did the same, pursuing politics and diplomacy and visiting many countries around the world.
He also said that it is natural that Sheikh Hasina also has to go outside India to meet party leaders and activists due to political needs. Realizing that reality, it is not surprising if India has given him a travel document.
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