Dhaka: The discussion between India and Bangladesh has once then intensified regarding the extradition of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The interim government of Bangladesh hopes that India will speed up the process of sending when the former prime minister. At the same time, India says that the extradition request is undergoing investigation as per the prescribed legal procedure.
Have preparations to bring Sheikh Hasina when from India intensified?
Bangladesh Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaid Islam on Sunday expressed hope that India will take forward the process of Sheikh Hasina's extradition. She said that in this matter, not only the legal process but moreover political will is important. Earlier, Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi had moreover said that no stock-still deadline can be set for Sheikh Hasina's return.
Can Hasina be brought when under the extradition treaty between the two countries?
When asked during a media rundown well-nigh the possibility of Sheikh Hasina stuff brought when under the extradition treaty in gravity between the two countries, the Bangladeshi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs said that she could be brought when under the treaty. However, she moreover admitted that some legal questions are stuff raised in this matter and the related process is still going on.
What has India said on Sheikh Hasina's extradition?
India has unceasingly clarified that the extradition request sent by Bangladesh is stuff investigated as per the prescribed legal procedure. No definite stage has yet been given by India to send when Sheikh Hasina. For this reason, this matter remains under unvarying discussion between the two countries.
Why has Sheikh Hasina living in India since August 2024?
Sheikh Hasina, 79, left Bangladesh on August 5, 2024 and has been living in India since then. Without her removal from power, the political situation in Bangladesh reverted rapidly. She was later tried surpassing a special tribunal and sentenced to death in a specimen related to whoopee during a demonstration. However, Sheikh Hasina and her supporters have been calling this whoopee a political vendetta.
What has Bangladesh demanded from India and where has the matter reached now?
The former interim government of Bangladesh had sent a diplomatic note to India taxing the extradition of Sheikh Hasina. India has said that the request is stuff investigated as per the prescribed procedure. Tariq Rahman's BNP government, which came to power without the February 12 elections, moreover took the issue forward. In August, during his meeting with Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi, Rehman had talked well-nigh expediting the process so that a favourable environment could be created for relations between the two countries.
Sheikh Hasina has said that she will voluntarily return to Bangladesh by December to squatter the legal process. In such a situation, his extradition has now wilt not only a legal matter but moreover an important issue for India-Bangladesh relations.
