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Hasina ‘didn’t resign’ before leaving Bangladesh: Joy

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Sajeeb Wzed Joy has claimed that his mother, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, did not resign from her position before fleeing to India.

He said as protesters started marching on Ganabhaban, official residence of the prime minister, Hasina had to flee without any delay.

"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," Joy said this in an exclusive interview with international news agency Reuters.

Hasina has been sheltering in New Delhi since Monday following an uprising that killed over 250 people, many of them students, ending her uninterrupted rule of 16 years.

Joy said though the president had dissolved parliament after consulting with military chiefs and opposition politicians, the formation of a caretaker government without the prime minister formally resigning "can be challenged in court".

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

"I'm confident the Awami League will come to power. If not, we will be the opposition. Either way is fine," he said.

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