Political-asylum

When Sheikh Hasina landed at the Hindon airbase near Delhi on August 5, 2024, hours after resigning as Bangladesh’s prime minister, she joined a long and unusual guest list. For more than seven decades, India has quietly opened its doors to kings, presidents, spiritual leaders, and hundreds of thousands of ordinary people running from war, persecution, or a mob at their gate. None of them arrived through any formal asylum process, because India simply does not have one. Yet the country has still...

Recently, former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been sentenced to death, said she could return to the country by the end of this year. Following the remarks, the Indian government told a parliamentary committee that she cannot conduct any political activities from India. The Indian Express reported this on Friday. The committee headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, said in the Lok Sabha on Thursday that India’s position on providing asylum to Sheikh Hasina is primarily...